Theselectedworksofjiangzemincomprisesthreevolumesandbringstogetherthemajorworkstheauthorwrotebetweenaugust1980andseptember2004.itcontains203reports,speeches,remarks,articles,letters,comments,ordersandmessages,manyofwhichareavailableinenglishforthefirsttime.theselectedworksofjiangzeminvividlyrecordsthehistoricprocessinwhichthethirdgenerationofthecentralcollectiveleadershipofthecommunistpartyofchina(cpc),withjiangzeminatitscore,guidedthepartyandthepeopleofallchina'sethnicgroupsinpushingforwardsocialismwithchinesecharacteristics.thethreevolumesaccuratelyreviewthecpc'svaluableexperiencesofleadingthepeopleinovercomingdifficultiesandinitiatinganewphaseinsocialismwithchinesecharacteristics.theyfullyreflectthemajortheoreticalachievementsthecpccreativelyadvancedbyintegratingthebasictenetsofmarxismwithchina'srealitiesandthecharacteristicsofthetimesundertheguidanceofmarxism-leninism,maozedongthoughtanddengxiaopingtheory.theselectedworksofjiangzeminalsoprovidesprofoundinsightintothehistoricprocessoftheinception,formationanddevelopmentoftheimportantthoughtofthreerepresents,theauthor'smostimportanttheoreticalcontribution.
thisvolumeincludes81workswrittenbetweenaugust21,1980andaugust5,1997.