江泽民同志指出:“作为党和国家的各级领导干部,不能看到群众和基层党员中有人先富起来就坐不住了,就想自己也富起来。”“不管是革命、建设还是改革时期,‘吃苦在前,享受在后’这个原则不能变。”这番话语重心长,具有很强的现实针对性,它要求各级领导干部在改革开放和社会主义现代化建设中要耐得住清贫。能够耐得住清贫,是我们党的光荣传统和政治优势。早在1936年,美国作家斯诺访问 Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out: “As the leading cadres at all levels in the party and the country, they can not see the masses and the grass-roots party members becoming self-reliant and get themselves rich.” “Whether in the period of revolution, construction or reform, The principle that we should enjoy hard work in front and after enjoyment can not be changed. ”This speech has a strong emphasis on reality and requires that leading cadres at all levels should be able to endure poverty in the process of reform and opening up and the socialist modernization drive. To be able to endure poverty is our party’s glorious tradition and political superiority. As early as 1936, the American writer Snow visited