思想政治工作现代化是适应时代形势与人们心理、思想及其教育规律的必然。思想政治工作的现代化应坚持在继承基础上融合创新的原则 ,按照思想政治工作的特点和规律来进行。就自身建设而言 ,思想政治工作现代化主要包括政工干部的知识现代化、政工手段的现代化、思想政治教育的系统化、正规化、社会化和思维方式、工作方式的现代化四方面的内容 The modernization of ideological and political work is an inevitable response to the current situation and people’s psychology, their thinking and their educational laws. The modernization of ideological and political work should adhere to the principle of integrating innovation on the basis of inheritance and follow the characteristics and laws of ideological and political work. In terms of building itself, the modernization of ideological and political work mainly consists of the modernization of political knowledge and cadres’ knowledge, the modernization of political means, the systematization and standardization of ideological and political education, the methods of socialization and thinking, and the modernization of working methods