要深刻理解我们党为什么要始终代表中国先进生产力的发展要求 ,首先就必须理解什么是先进生产力、它的特征和作用是什么、我们应该如何代表中国先进生产力的发展要求等基本问题。一、什么是先进生产力从总体上说 ,先进生产力是社会生产力的一种整体状态 ,是一个社会发展的先导 To understand deeply why our party always represents the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces, we must first understand the basic issues of what is advanced productive forces, its characteristics and functions, and how we should represent the development requirements of China’s advanced productive forces. First, what is advanced productivity? Generally speaking, advanced productive forces are an overall state of social productivity and a precursor to social development