Editing Three Represents (section)

{{Short description|Chinese political theory by Jiang Zemin}}
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| p = "Sān gè dàibiǎo" zhòngyào sīxiǎng
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The '''Three Represents''', officially the '''Theory of Three Represents''',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jiang Zemin passes away |url=https://english.news.cn/20221130/4ec6705052f648ca8e4890025eb8c003/c.html |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=Xinhua}}</ref> is a political doctrine that defines the role of the [[Chinese Communist Party]] (CCP) in Chinese society. It legitimized the entry of private business owners and bourgeois elements into the CCP.

The theory was first introduced by [[Jiang Zemin]]—then the General Secretary of the CCP—on 25 February 2000, while he was on the inspection tour in [[Gaozhou, Guangdong]]. During Jiang's leadership, the Three Represents was officially described as the "Marxism for contemporary China" and the development of [[Marxism–Leninism]], [[Maoism|Mao Zedong Thought]] and [[Deng Xiaoping Theory]]. The theory was ratified by the party at the [[16th National Congress of the Chinese Communist Party|16th Party Congress]] in November 2002. It was also [[2004 amendment to the Constitution of China|written]] to the [[Constitution of China|Chinese Constitution]] on March 14, 2004.