胡锦涛同志关于“八荣八耻”的重要讲话,是党和国家在的历史时期对建立社会主义荣辱观、弘扬社会公德、转变社会风气的新号令。广大公务员应当按照总书记的教导,在树立和实践以“八荣八耻”为主要内容的社会主义荣辱观方面以身作则、率先垂范。公务员要作践行“八荣八耻”的表率,是由其职业和身份的特殊性所决定的。这一方面是因为其具示范性。即公务员依法行使公共权力、管理公共事 Comrade Hu Jintao’s important speech on “Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces” is a new order on establishing a socialist concept of honor and disgrace, promoting social ethics and changing social norms in the historical period of the party and the state. In accordance with the instructions of the general secretary, the majority of civil servants should lead by example in setting up and practicing the socialist concept of honor or disgrace with “eight honors and eight disgraces” as the main content. Civil servants to practice “Eight Honors and Eight Disgraces,” the model is determined by the special nature of their occupation and identity. This is partly because of its exemplary nature. That civil servants exercise public power according to law and manage public affairs