Three Represents
Throughout the years, the ideology of the CCP has changed together with the change of the party leaders. And between all the changes in the party history, the most well-known and significant period would be the reform and opening up which pursue socialist modernization by incorporating elements of capitalism. After Deng Xiaoping, the leader who tried to avoid theoretical debates, Jiang Zemin invented a new theory to define the new relationship between the party and the people, which is named “Three Represents.” Since then, the CCP identified itself as the representatives in three levels: