从党的七届二中全会到十一届三中全会近三十年中,党和国家先后五次提出了工作重点转移到经济建设上来的任务、条件和政策。本文从三个方面总结了党的七届二中全会实现了工作重点转移而未获成功、党的八大、三届人大、四届人大工作重点转移的失败和党的十一届三中全会成功实现工作重点转移的教训和经验 In the past three decades from the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Party to the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, the party and the state have put forward the tasks, conditions and policies on shifting work priorities to economic construction on five occasions. This article summarizes from three aspects the Second Plenary Session of the Seventh Central Committee of the Party to achieve the transfer of work without success, the Party’s eighth, third National People’s Congress, the focus of the failure of the Fourth National People’s Congress and the success of the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee Lessons and experiences of shifting the focus of work