江泽民总书记关于“三个代表”的重要思想是指导我们思想和工作的基本准则。其中“代表最广大人民的根本利益”,不仅是“三个代表” 的基础和出发点,也是广大农村基层干部卓有成效地开展农村思想政治工作的金钥匙。那么,如何从“最广大人民的根本利益” 出发,开展新时期的农村思想政治工作呢? General Secretary Jiang Zemin’s important thinking on “three represents” is the basic guideline that guides our thinking and work. “Representing the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people” is not only the basis and starting point of the “three represents,” but also the golden key to carrying out the ideological and political work in the rural areas in an effective manner by the broad grass-roots cadres in rural areas. So, how to proceed from the “fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people” and carry out rural ideological and political work in the new era?