党的十六大报告指出:“要加强和改进党的建设,特别是要加强党的执政能力建设,提高党的领导水平和执政水平。”这是党中央向全党提出的一个带有根本性的课题,对于准确把握当代中国社会前进的脉搏,从根本上加强执政党的建设,改革和完善党的领导具有十分重要的意义。 改革开放以来,特别是进入21世纪以来,国际国内形势发生了重大的变化,这些变化对我们党的建设和执政能力提出了严峻的挑战和崭新 The report of the 16th CPC National Congress pointed out: “We must strengthen and improve party building, especially strengthening the building of the party’s ability to govern and raising the party’s leadership and governance level.” This is a basic principle put forward by the party Central Committee to the party as a whole. It is of great significance for us to accurately grasp the pulse of contemporary Chinese society and fundamentally strengthen the building of the ruling party and reform and improve the party’s leadership. Since the reform and opening up, especially since the beginning of the 21st century, major changes have taken place in the international and domestic situations. These changes have posed a severe challenge and a brand new challenge to our party’s ability to build and govern.