共产党员的先进性是共产党先进性的重要构成要素 ,是共产党先进性在党员个体上的具体体现。没有广大党员先进性的保持和发挥 ,就不能更好地保持和发挥党的先进性。新的时期新的形势下 ,如何保持和发挥共产党员的先进性面临着严峻挑战。本刊围绕在新形势下如何保持共产党员先进性这一问题 ,组织、刊发了四篇文章 ,就开展保持共产党员先进性教育的意义、如何在“特殊群体”党员中开展先进性教育、如何构建保持共产党员先进性的长效工作机制、党员在新时期应具备和提高哪些素质等展开了讨论 ,以期把这一问题的研究引向深入 The advanced nature of communists is an important component of the advanced nature of the communist party and is the embodiment of the advanced nature of the communist party on the individual basis of party members. Without maintaining and giving play to the advanced nature of the majority of party members, we can not better maintain and give play to the advanced nature of the party. Under the new situation of the new period, how to maintain and develop the advanced nature of Party members faces harsh challenges. Based on the question of how to maintain the advanced nature of Party members under the new situation, the magazine organizes and publishes four articles on how to carry out the education of maintaining the advanced nature of Party members, how to carry out advanced education among the members of the “special groups” How to construct a long-term working mechanism to maintain the advanced nature of party members, and what qualities party members should have and improve in the new era, so as to lead the research on this issue in-depth