On February 20, 2000 (January 16, 2000 in the lunar calendar), Jiang Zemin put forward the important thought of "Three Represents". On February 20, Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the "Three Stresses" Education Conference for Leading Cadres in Gaozhou, Guangdong Province. On the afternoon of February 20, 2000, Jiang Zemin, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the "Three Stresses" Education Conference for Leading Cadres in Gaozhou, Guangdong Province, and delivered an important speech to mobilize. Gaozhou is a county-level city under Maoming City in Guangdong Province, located in southwest Guangdong. Since the reform and opening up, under the guidance of the Party's reform and opening up policy, the cadres and the masses in Gaozhou have worked hard and achieved remarkable results in economic development and social progress. As soon as Jiang Zemin arrived in Gaozhou on the afternoon of February 19, he inspected Gaozhou together with Zeng Qinghong, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the Secretariat, and director of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, accompanied by Li Changchun, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee, Lu Ruihua, deputy secretary of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and governor, and Liu Shutian, political commissar of the Guangzhou Military Region. This morning, Jiang Zemin listened to reports from the Gaozhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government on party building and preparations for the "three stresses" education. In the afternoon, the Gaozhou Municipal Party Committee held a "Three Stresses" education conference for leading cadres. More than 600 leading party and government cadres from Gaozhou Town attended the meeting. Jiang Zemin delivered an important speech.