Abstract:

The investigation and research based on practice is a principle and working procedure that have been adhered to by the core leaders of the Chinese Communist Party and the basis for formulating the lines of work, principles and policies, as well as the Party's fine tradition and style. The 17th Session of the Party's Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Party made a decision on the construction of the party, and investigation is taken as the basic approach to the building of the party. The research theories developed by the core leaders of the Chinese Communist Party represent the orientation and process of research work since the founding of the new China. The study in this field is beneficial to the building of the party as well as to the guidance of practical work.

Key words: investigation, Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao