江泽民同志在党的十六大报告中指出:“要尊重和保护一切有益于人民和社会的劳动。不论是体力劳动还是脑力劳动,不论是简单劳动还是复杂劳动,一切为我国社会主义现代化建设作出贡献的劳动,都是光荣的,都应当得到承认和尊重。”同时他还把“尊重劳动”放在“尊重知识、尊重人才、尊重创造”四个尊重的首位 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out in the report of the 16th National Congress of the CPC: “We must respect and protect all labor for the benefit of the people and society. Whether it is manual labor or mental work, whether simple labor or complicated labor, all are made for the socialist modernization in our country The contribution of labor, both glorious, should be recognized and respected. ”He also placed“ respect for labor ”at the forefront of the four respects of“ respecting knowledge, respecting talents and respecting creation ”