A graph G satisfies the Ore-condition if d(x)+d(y) . |V(G)| for any xy . E(G). Luo et al. [European J. Combin., 2008 characterized the simple Z 3-connected graphs satisfying the Ore-condition. In this paper, we characterize the simple Z 3-connected graphs G satisfying d(x) + d(y) . |V(G)| . 1 for any xy . E(G), which improves the results of Luo et al.