胡锦涛同志在“七一”重要讲话中指出,“三个代表”重要思想的本质是立党为公、执政为民。要切实做到立党为公、执政为民,必须以最广大人民的根本利益作为我们各项工作的根本出发点和落脚点。一、立党为公、执政为民既是个老问题,又是个新问题、大问题立党为公、执政为民是个老 Comrade Hu Jintao pointed out in his “1 July” important speech that the essence of the important thinking of the ’Three Represents’ is building the party for the sake of the public and governing for the people. To effectively serve as the foundation for the cause of the party and govern for the people, we must take the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people as the fundamental starting point and the foothold of our various work. First, building a party for the public and governing for the people is both an old problem and a new one. The big issue of building a party for the public and governing for the people is an old one.