On Originality of “Three Represents

The theory of “three represents presents a penetrating view on Party construction in the 21st century. It relates Party construction to development of productivity and progress of civilization, to basic objectives of primary stage of socialism, and to the great revival of China. It assigns summary of historical lessons as an important means of theoretical innovation in Party construction, and thus further develops the idea of “three represents established in the Party history. It elaborates on the profound connotation of the Party's pioneer tradition in the light of materialist historical conception in order to illustrate the nature of the Party as unity of marked characteristics of the class, of the progress, and of the time. It systematically enriches Marxist theoretical frame of Party construction and reinforces the close relation between theories of Party construction and materialist historical conception. It enlarges the scale of research area of Party construction and strengthens openness of its theoretical framework. In short, the theory of “three represents draws new conclusions of combining the general theory of Marxist Party construction with specific needs of Chinese Communist Party and the new situation at home and abroad.