科學發展觀

中共十六大（2002年11月8日至14日在北京舉行）以來，以胡錦濤同志為主要代表的中國共產黨人，根據新的發展要求，深刻認識和回答了新形勢下實現什么樣的發展、怎樣發展等重大問題，形成了以人為本、全面協調可持續發展的科學發展觀。科學發展觀，第一要務是發展，核心是以人為本，基本要求是全面協調可持續發展，根本方法是統籌兼顧。

中共十八大把科學發展觀同馬克思列寧主義、毛澤東思想、鄧小平理論、"三個代表"重要思想一道，確立為黨必須長期堅持的指導思想。

Scientific Outlook on Development

After the 16th National Congress of the CPC (held in Beijing, November 8-14, 2002), Chinese Communists, with Hu Jintao as their chief representative, acquired an in-depth understanding of and found answers to such major questions as what kind of development they should seek to achieve under the new conditions and how to achieve it. From this, they developed the Scientific Outlook on Development, which is people-oriented and calls for comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development. The Scientific Outlook on Development puts development as the primary task; the principle of putting people first at the core; comprehensive, balanced and sustainable development as the basic requirement; and conducting unified planning, taking all factors into consideration as its basic approach.

At the 18th National Congress of the CPC (held in 2012), the Scientific Outlook on Development, together with Marxism-Leninism, Mao Zedong Thought, Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of Three Represents, was designated as a long-term guiding thought of the Party.