党的十六大把“三个代表”这一最具有时代性、又最具本质意义的重要思想确立为我们党必须长期坚持的指导思想,这使中国共产党的理论旗帜更加鲜明,更具指导意义。它第一次明确地把共产党放在执政党的位置上进行审视和分析,反映了我们党对执政规律的认识达到的新水平,在许多方面 The 16th CPC National Congress establishes the important thinking of “three represents,” which is the most epoch-making and most essential essence, as the guiding ideology our party must last for a long time. This has made the theoretical banner of the Chinese Communist Party clearer and more directive significance. For the first time, it explicitly examined and analyzed the position of the Communist Party on the ruling party, reflecting the new level our party has reached in its understanding of the law of governance. In many aspects