在当代中国,坚持中国共产党的领导,必须认真践行“三个代表”重要思想,不断提高党的领导水平和执政能力,巩固党的执政地位。切实提高党的执政能力是中国共产党实践“三个代表”重要思想的迫切需要,而提高党的执政能力又是中国共产党实践“三个代表”重要思想的必然结果。 In contemporary China, in order to uphold the leadership of the Chinese Communist Party, we must conscientiously implement the important thinking of the ’Three Represents,’ continuously improve the party’s leadership and ability to govern, and consolidate the party’s ruling status. To effectively improve the party’s ability to govern is an urgent need of the CPC to implement the important thinking of the ’Three Represents.’ To improve the party’s ability to govern is also an inevitable result of the CPC’s practice of the important thinking of the ’Three Represents.’