Place People's Interests at Top Position ����This article, written by Yao Bolin and published in the column of People's Forum, is highlighted as follows: Comrade Jiang Zemin's speech delivered at the meeting marking the 20th anniversary of the Third Plenum of the 11th Party Central Committee points out, "It is necessary to regard realizing and safeguarding the interests of the broadest section of the people as the fundamental starting-point of reform and construction." This is an important viewpoint, a concrete embodiment of the purpose by which the Communists render wholehearted service to the people in the course of reform, opening up and modernization drive. ����Emphasizing the need to place the interests of the broadest section of people at the top position is the striking characteristic of Jiang's speech. It fully demonstrates the historical materkialist stand of the third-generation leading collective with General Secretary Jiang Zemin at the core, which regards the people as masters of the country, the broad, open-mind of the public servants who view the interests of the people above all else and its spirit of loving the people as evidenced by the fact that it works wholeheartedly for the happiness of the people. ����Placing the interests of the people at the top position is the initial driving force and the ultimate goal of our persistent implementation of the reform and opening-up program; it is the source of strength and fundamental guarantee for the prosperity of our socialist state. People are masters of the country, and the fundamental force that decides the future and destiny of our state. Opinion 1999-01-25 Page4 Full Story in Chinese