中国共产党是一个不断总结经验教训并走向成熟的政党。党的历史上曾经数次大规模地总结党的历史经验和执政经验,对于党更好地实现其宗旨,夺取政权、掌握政权、运用政权起到了很好的借鉴作用。2004年末召开的党的十六届四中全会概括了党执政的六条基本经验, The Chinese Communist Party is a political party that constantly sums up lessons and reaches maturity. In the party’s history, the party’s historical experience and ruling experience have been summed up on several occasions in large scale, which serves as a good reference for the party to better realize its purposes, seize power, control the power and use the power. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 16th CPC Central Committee, which was convened in late 2004, outlined six basic experiences of the party in power.