4. To carry out the important thought of Three Represents, it is essential to push forward Party building in a spirit of reform and instill new vitality in the Party. Attaching vital importance to and strengthening Party building is a magic weapon with which our Party has grown from a small and weak force to a large and strong one, risen in spite of setbacks and matured gradually in surmounting difficulties. As the historical experience of the Party over the past 80 years and more shows, the most important point is that we must build up the Party according to its political line, central task and general goal for building it with a view to enhancing its creativity, cohesion and fighting capacity.

（四）貫徹“三個代表”重要思想，必須以改革的精神推進黨的建設，不斷為黨的肌體注入新活力。高度重視和不斷加強自身建設，是我們黨從小到大、由弱到強，從挫折中奮起、在戰勝困難中不斷成熟的一大法寶。總結黨八十多年來的歷史經驗，最根本的一條，就是黨的建設必須按照黨的政治路線來進行，圍繞黨的中心任務來展開，朝著黨的建設總目標來加強，不斷提高黨的創造力、凝聚力和戰斗力。

Persisting in self-examination in compliance with the requirements of the times and pursuing self-improvement in a spirit of reform are the fundamental guarantee that our Party will always remain a Marxist party, will never be divorced from the people and will be full of vitality. We must be good at both reviewing our useful experience and learning lessons from our mistakes. We must be good at both leading the people ahead by putting forward and implementing the correct theory and line and acquiring the motivation for progress from the people's creations in practice and their desire for development. We must be good at both understanding and changing the objective world and organizing and guiding cadres and other Party members to strengthen their efforts to change their subjective world in practice. Bearing these requirements in mind, we must integrate adherence to the basic tenets of Marxism with efforts for theoretical innovation, maintenance of the fine tradition of the Party with promotion of the spirit of the times, and consolidation of the Party's class base with expansion of its mass base so that the Party serves as a strong core of leadership that is consolidated ideologically, politically and organizationally and always stands in the forefront of the times leading the people forward in solidarity.

堅持用時代發展的要求審視自己，以改革的精神加強和完善自己，這是我們黨始終保持馬克思主義政黨本色、永不脫離群眾和具有蓬勃活力的根本保證。必須既善于總結成功的經驗，又善于記取失誤的教訓；既善于通過提出和貫徹正確的理論路線帶領群眾前進，又善于從群眾的實踐創造和發展要求中獲得前進動力；既善于認識和改造客觀世界，又善于組織引導干部和黨員在實踐中加強主觀世界的改造。要按照這樣的要求，實現堅持馬克思主義基本原理和推進理論創新相統一，堅持黨的優良傳統和弘揚時代精神相統一，堅持增強黨的階級基礎和擴大黨的群眾基礎相統一，使黨成為思想上政治上組織上完全鞏固、始終站在時代前列帶領人民團結奮進的堅強領導核心。

All in all, the important thought of Three Represents is always in a process of development and progress. The whole Party must continue to emancipate the mind, come up with new ideas in respect of theory and create something new in practice. It must carry out the important thought of Three Represents in all endeavors of the socialist modernization drive and in all aspects of Party building so that it always advances with the times and shares weal and woe with the people.

總之，“三個代表”重要思想是發展的、前進的。全黨必須在思想上不斷有新解放，理論上不斷有新發展，實踐上不斷有新創造，把“三個代表”重要思想貫徹到社會主義現代化建設的各個領域，體現在黨的建設的各個方面，使我們黨始終與時代發展同步伐，與人民群眾共命運。

III. Objectives of Building a Well-off Society in an All-Round Way

三、全面建設小康社會的奮斗目標

Thanks to the joint efforts of the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups, we have attained the objectives of the first two steps of the three-step strategy for China's modernization drive, and by and large, the people have become well-off. This is a great victory for the socialist system and a new milestone in the history of the development of the Chinese nation.

經過全黨和全國各族人民的共同努力，我們勝利實現了現代化建設“三步走”戰略的第一步、第二步目標，人民生活總體上達到小康水平。這是社會主義制度的偉大勝利，是中華民族發展史上一個新的里程碑。

We must be aware that China is in the primary stage of socialism and will remain so for a long time to come. The well-off life we are leading is still at a low level; it is not all-inclusive and is very uneven. The principal contradiction in our society is still one between the ever-growing material and cultural needs of the people and the backwardness of social production. Our productive forces, science, technology and education are still relatively backward, so there is still a long way to go before we achieve industrialization and modernization. The dual structure in urban and rural economy has not yet been changed, the gap between regions is still widening and there are still quite a large number of impoverished people. China's population continues to grow, the proportion of the aged is getting larger, and the pressure on employment and social security is mounting. The contradiction between the ecological environment and natural resources on the one hand and economic and social development on the other is becoming increasingly conspicuous. We still feel pressure from developed countries as they have the upper hand in such fields as the economy, science and technology. The economic structure and managerial systems in other fields remain to be perfected. There are still some problems we cannot afford to overlook in improving democracy and the legal system as well as the ideological and ethical standards. We need to work hard over a long period of time to consolidate and uplift our current well-off standard of living.

必須看到，我國正處于并將長期處于社會主義初級階段，現在達到的小康還是低水平的、不全面的、發展很不平衡的小康，人民日益增長的物質文化需要同落后的社會生產之間的矛盾仍然是我國社會的主要矛盾。我國生產力和科技、教育還比較落后，實現工業化和現代化還有很長的路要走；城鄉二元經濟結構還沒有改變，地區差距擴大的趨勢尚未扭轉，貧困人口還為數不少；人口總量繼續增加，老齡人口比重上升，就業和社會保障壓力增大；生態環境、自然資源和經濟社會發展的矛盾日益突出；我們仍然面臨發達國家在經濟科技等方面占優勢的壓力；經濟體制和其他方面的管理體制還不完善；民主法制建設和思想道德建設等方面還存在一些不容忽視的問題。鞏固和提高目前達到的小康水平，還需要進行長時期的艱苦奮斗。

An overview of the situation shows that for our country, the first two decades of the 21st century are a period of important strategic opportunities, which we must seize tightly and which offers bright prospects. In accordance with the development objectives up to 2010, the centenary of the Party and that of New China, as proposed at the Fifteenth National Congress, we need to concentrate on building a well-off society of a higher standard in an all-round way to the benefit of well over one billion people in this period. We will further develop the economy, improve democracy, advance science and education, enrich culture, foster social harmony and upgrade the texture of life for the people. The two decades of development will serve as an inevitable connecting link for attainting the third-step strategic objectives for our modernization drive as well as a key stage for improving the socialist market economy and opening wider to the outside world. Building on what is achieved at this stage and continuing to work for several more decades, we will have in the main accomplished the modernization program and turned China into a strong, prosperous, democratic and culturally advanced socialist country by the middle of this century. The objectives of building a well-off society in an all-round way are as follows:

綜觀全局，二十一世紀頭二十年，對我國來說，是一個必須緊緊抓住并且可以大有作為的重要戰略機遇期。根據十五大提出的到二０一０年、建黨一百年和新中國成立一百年的發展目標，我們要在本世紀頭二十年，集中力量，全面建設惠及十幾億人口的更高水平的小康社會，使經濟更加發展、民主更加健全、科教更加進步、文化更加繁榮、社會更加和諧、人民生活更加殷實。這是實現現代化建設第三步戰略目標必經的承上啟下的發展階段，也是完善社會主義市場經濟體制和擴大對外開放的關鍵階段。經過這個階段的建設，再繼續奮斗幾十年，到本世紀中葉基本實現現代化，把我國建成富強民主文明的社會主義國家。全面建設小康社會的目標是：

-- On the basis of optimized structure and better economic returns, efforts will be made to quadruple the GDP of the year 2000 by 2020, and China's overall national strength and international competitiveness will increase markedly. We will in the main achieve industrialization and establish a full-fledged socialist market economy and a more open and viable economic system. The proportion of urban population will go up considerably and the trend of widening differences between industry and agriculture, between urban and rural areas and between regions will be reversed step by step. We will have a fairly sound social security system. There will be a higher rate of employment. People will have more family property and lead a more prosperous life.

——在優化結構和提高效益的基礎上，國內生產總值到二０二０年力爭比二０００年翻兩番，綜合國力和國際競爭力明顯增強。基本實現工業化，建成完善的社會主義市場經濟體制和更具活力、更加開放的經濟體系。城鎮人口的比重較大幅度提高，工農差別、城鄉差別和地區差別擴大的趨勢逐步扭轉。社會保障體系比較健全，社會就業比較充分，家庭財產普遍增加，人民過上更加富足的生活。

-- Socialist democracy and the legal system will be further improved. The basic principle of ruling the country by law will be implemented completely. The political, economic and cultural rights and interests of the people will be respected and guaranteed in real earnest. Democracy at the grassroots level will be better practiced. People will enjoy a sound public order and live and work in peace and contentment.

——社會主義民主更加完善，社會主義法制更加完備，依法治國基本方略得到全面落實，人民的政治、經濟和文化權益得到切實尊重和保障。基層民主更加健全，社會秩序良好，人民安居樂業。

-- The ideological and ethical standards, the scientific and cultural qualities, and the health of the whole people will be enhanced notably. A sound modern national educational system, scientific, technological and cultural innovation systems as well as nationwide fitness and medical and health systems will take shape. People will have access to better education. We will make senior secondary education basically universal in the country and eliminate illiteracy. A learning society in which all the people will learn or even pursue life-long education will emerge to boost their all-round development.

——全民族的思想道德素質、科學文化素質和健康素質明顯提高，形成比較完善的現代國民教育體系、科技和文化創新體系、全民健身和醫療衛生體系。人民享有接受良好教育的機會，基本普及高中階段教育，消除文盲。形成全民學習、終身學習的學習型社會，促進人的全面發展。

-- The capability of sustainable development will be steadily enhanced. The ecological environment will be improved. The efficiency of using resources will be increased significantly. We will enhance harmony between man and nature to push the whole society onto a path to civilized development featuring the growth of production, an affluent life and a sound ecosystem.

——可持續發展能力不斷增強，生態環境得到改善，資源利用效率顯著提高，促進人與自然的和諧，推動整個社會走上生產發展、生活富裕、生態良好的文明發展道路。

The objectives set at this congress for building a well-off society in an all-round way are objectives of comprehensive economic, political and cultural development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, objectives well geared to the efforts to speed up modernization. They tally with the national conditions, the realities of the modernization drive and the people's aspirations. They are of great significance. In order to attain the Party's objectives for the new stage in the new century, it is imperative to come up with new ideas for development, make new breakthroughs in reform, break new ground in opening up and take new moves in all fields of endeavor. All localities and departments must proceed from their actual conditions and take effective measures to attain the objectives. Places where conditions permit may develop faster and take the lead in accomplishing modernization by and large on the basis of building a well-off society in an all-round way. We are sure that after attaining the objectives of building a well-off society in an all-round way, our motherland will become stronger and more prosperous, the people will live a better and happier life, and socialism with Chinese characteristics will further demonstrate its great superiority.

這次大會確立的全面建設小康社會的目標，是中國特色社會主義經濟、政治、文化全面發展的目標，是與加快推進現代化相統一的目標，符合我國國情和現代化建設的實際，符合人民的愿望，意義十分重大。為完成黨在新世紀新階段的這個奮斗目標，發展要有新思路，改革要有新突破，開放要有新局面，各項工作要有新舉措。各地各部門都要從實際出發，采取切實有效的措施，努力實現這個目標。有條件的地方可以發展得更快一些，在全面建設小康社會的基礎上，率先基本實現現代化。可以肯定，實現了全面建設小康社會的目標，我們的祖國必將更加繁榮富強，人民的生活必將更加幸福美好，中國特色社會主義必將進一步顯示出巨大的優越性。