在党的八大上，邓小平作的《关于修改党的章程的报告》站在新的发展阶段和战略高度，围绕八大党章的修改内容，全面总结了党的建设的经验教训，并从地位变化、群众路线、民主集中制等方面系统阐述了党的建设的新局面、新要求、新路径。其时代背景可以概括为“三大变化”，即党的执政地位发生了根本性变化，社会主要矛盾发生了历史性变化，党的中心任务发生了全局性变化。其鲜明特征可以概括为“三个凸显”，即凸显了加强执政党建设的重要性，凸显了贯彻群众路线的重要性，凸显了坚持民主集中制的重要性。其现实启示可以概括为“三个必须”，即党章的修订必须积极适应党面临的新形势新任务，必须充分吸收党的新理论新经验，必须有力指导和推动党的各项工作。

At the Eighth National Congress of the Communist Party of China, Deng Xiaoping's Report on Amending the Constitution of the CPC stood at a new stage of development and strategic height, comprehensively summarizing the experience and lessons of CPC building around the content of the amendment to the Constitution of the CPC(1956), and systematically elaborating on the new situation, new requirements, and new paths of CPC building from various aspects such as status changes, mass line, and democratic centralism. The historical background can be summarized as the "three major changes", namely the fundamental change in the ruling position of the CPC, the historical change in the main social contradictions, and the overall change in the CPC's central task. Its distinctive features can be summarized as "three highlights", which highlight the importance of strengthening the construction of the ruling party,implementing the mass line, and adhering to democratic centralism. The realistic enlightenment can be summarized as the "three musts", that is, the revision of Constitution of the CPC must actively adapt to the new situation and tasks faced by the Party, fully absorb the Party's new theories and experiences, and effectively guide and promote the CPC's various work.