1978年党的十一届三中全会是中国共产党领导中国现代化过程中的一个极其重要的里程碑。中国社会由此进入到从农业社会向工业社会、从传统社会向现代社会,从以政治斗争为中心向以经济建设为中心,从计划经济向市场经济的全方位的转型过渡时期。人们经常讲党在新的历史条件下面临执政和改革开放的经验,就其核心内容而言,就是如何使 The Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee in 1978 is an extremely important milestone in the process of China’s modernization led by the CPC. Chinese society has thus entered a period of transition from agricultural society to industrial society, from traditional society to modern society, from political struggle as the center to economic construction as the center, and from planned economy to market economy in an all-round transition. People often talk about the party’s experience of taking power and of reform and opening up under the new historical conditions. As far as its core content is concerned,