论文摘要：公共利益一词，是指与私人利益相对的、社会所有公众主体欲求需要的转化形式。我国法律条文中均未对“公共利益”给予明确定义，导致各种问题频发。出于保障公民权利、限制政府权力滥用、实现社会和谐以及公正司法的需要，我们有必要进行公共利益的界定。具体来说，首先就是要确定公共利益界定的具体标准和程序保障。其具体标准包括公共性、客观具体性和和谐发展性。而程序保障则包括健全听证论证程序；实行事先补偿制度；赋予人民群众拥有公益诉讼的权利；建立重大立项人大批准制度；设置在审判中确认公共利益的单独程序。其次我们还要通过相应的立法规制来加以明确，在具体的立法模式选择方面，则采用列举加概括与排除的模式。

关键词：公共利益  界定  实体标准  程序保障

Abstract:：public interest, which is compared with individual interest, is the interest public social agents pursue. there is no definite identification of public interest in Chinese laws, which causes a lot of problems. in order to protect the rights of citizens, prevent government from abusing powers, realise social hamony and meet the need of judicial fairness, it is necessary for us to define what is public interest. In more specific terms, first we should make clear the specific standards and procedural safeguards of definition. the former includes objectivity, concreteness, commonality and accord development while the latter includes democratic process fully refelcting public opinions, specific standards for judicial review to identify public interest, people's right of  public interest litigation and seperated procedures to confirm public interest. second there ought to be some legislative regulations to make it clear. as to the concret legislative mode, enumeration combined with generalization and exclusion is adopted.

Key words: public interest，definite，specific standard，procedural safeguards of definition