在跨入新世纪的重要历史时刻，江泽民提出了执政党建设的“三个代表”思想。在“三个代表”中，江泽民把“代表中国先进文化的前进方向”作为党的建设的现实目标之一，这充分说明了文化建设的重要性。本文拟从对先进文化、传统文化及外来文化相互关系理性认识的角度，谈一谈如? At an important historical moment of entering the new century, Jiang Zemin proposed the “three represents” thought of the building of the ruling party. In the “three represents,” Jiang Zemin regarded “representing the direction of the advanced Chinese culture” as one of the realistic goals of party building, which fully demonstrates the importance of cultural construction. This article intends to talk about the rational understanding of the interrelationship between advanced culture, traditional culture and foreign culture.