我们纪检监察机关学习贯彻“三个代表”重要思想,必须在认真履行职能、开拓工作新局面上下工夫。笔者认为,纪检监察机关在履行“保护、惩处、监督、教育”四项职能时,必须按照党的十六大提出的新要求进行拓展,立足于为改革、发展、稳定的大局服务。一、保护,要从“主要保人”向 When we discipline inspection and supervision organs studying and implementing the important thinking of the 'Three Represents,' we must make efforts to conscientiously perform their functions and open up new prospects for their work. In my opinion, in carrying out the four functions of “protection, punishment, supervision and education,” discipline inspection and supervision organs must expand according to the new requirements set forth by the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and base their efforts on serving the overall interests of reform, development and stability. First, protection, from the “main sponsor” to