面对新世纪新阶段新任务,党的十六大明确提出“尊重劳动、尊重知识、尊重人才、尊重创造”的重大方针。我们要结合学习贯彻《中共中央国务院关于进一步加强人才工作的决定》,充分认识在全社会认真贯彻这项重大方针的现实意义,准确把握其基本内涵和精神实质。把“四个尊重”作为 Facing the new tasks in the new phase of the new century, the 16th CPC National Congress explicitly put forward the major principle of “respecting labor, respecting knowledge, respecting talents, and respecting creation”. We must combine studying and implementing the “Decision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council on Further Strengthening Talent Work” and fully understand the practical significance of earnestly implementing this major principle in the whole society and accurately grasp its basic content and essence. The “four respect” as