Triple representation
The "important ideas of threefold representation " ( Chinese 三个代表 , Pinyin sān gè dàibiǎo ), developed by the former Chinese statesman Jiang Zemin , are considered the political guideline of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) alongside Marxism-Leninism , Maoism and theories Deng Xiaoping . They were incorporated into the Party Statute on November 8, 2002 at the CCP's 16th Congress, and into the Constitution of the People's Republic of China in 2004 .
content
By "triple representation" it is meant that the Chinese Communist Party
- the needs of developing China's advanced productive forces,
- the direction of advancing China's advanced culture and
- the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the Chinese people
should represent.
meaning
According to official statements from the CCP, the "important ideas of triple representation" are intended to strengthen the party building of the CCP and promote the development of socialism in China. The threefold representation is the adoption and development of Marxism - Leninism , the Mao Zedong ideas and the Deng Xiaoping theories and reflects the new demands of the development and change of today's world and China on the work of the party and the state. The "triple representation" is a "complete and rich ideological system".
That the party should represent the "requirements of the development of progressive productive forces" means, among other things. a. that private entrepreneurs can now officially become members of the Chinese Communist Party.
Web links
- Jiang Zemin: Comprehensively Building a Modest Prosperous Society, Creating a New Situation for the Cause of Chinese-Style Socialism Report at the XVI. CCP Party Conference ( Chinese Embassy in Germany , November 8, 2002)
- Explanation from the CPC Central Committee on the Statute of the Communist Party of China (Revised) ( CCP Central Translation Office , October 23, 2003)
- On the Three Represents - First expositions of the important thought of Three Represents ( International Department of the CCP ; contains explanations of each of the three "representatives")
- Li Jianguo: A Party Conference Full of Creativity About the XVI. CCP Convention ( Beijing Rundschau No. 48, 2002)
- Li Minsheng: Jiang's Words Speak From Our Hearts Founders of NGOs Science and Technology About Jiang's Speech ( Beijing Review No. 32, 2001)
- Stefan Friedrich: China before constitutional amendment Private property and human rights should be given constitutional status ( Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung , February 2, 2004)
- Huang Yasheng: Two cheers for Jiang Zemin's "Triple Representation" ( Project Syndicate , November 2002)
- John Chan: A Profile of the New Beijing Leadership ( World Socialist Web Site , Dec 10, 2002)
- Sū Shàozhì 苏绍智: Dǎng bù néng shǐzhōng shì “sān gè dàibiǎo” 党 不能 始终 是 “三个代表” (The party cannot consistently “represent three times”; BBC , June 29, 2000. The author is the former director of the Institute for Marxism-Leninism of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences)