中共中央政治局常委李长春近日在看望中央电视台《焦点访谈》栏目组全体同志时指出 ,充分发挥舆论监督是我们党的优良传统。在新的历史条件下 ,正确开展舆论监督 ,是维护党和人民利益的需要 ,是实践立党为公 ,执政为民 ,提高党的执政能力的需要。党和政府重视舆论监督 ,人民群 Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, recently paid a visit to all the comrades in the “Focus Interview” section of CCTV and pointed out that it is our party’s fine tradition to give full play to public opinion. Under the new historical conditions, the correct supervision of public opinion is the need to safeguard the interests of the party and the people and the need to practice the principle of building the party for the sake of the public, governing for the people, and improving the party’s ability to govern. The party and government attach importance to public opinion supervision and people’s groups