江泽民在十六大报告中指出 :始终代表中国先进社会生产力的发展要求 ,代表中国先进文化的前进方向 ,代表中国最广大人民的根本利益 ,是我们党的立党之本、执政之基、力量之源。“三个代表”思想集中体现了党的性质 ,体现了社会主义的本质 ,顺应了人类社会发展的前进趋势 ,是对 Jiang Zemin pointed out in his report at the 16th National Congress that consistently representing the development requirements of the advanced social productive forces in China, representing the direction for the advanced Chinese culture, and representing the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people are the foundation for our party’s foundation, the foundation and the power of governing source of. The “three represents” ideology embodies the party’s nature in a concentrated manner, embodies the essence of socialism and follows the trend of the development of human society.