A programmatic document that guides the comprehensive rule of law in the new era
"Seeking Truth" Magazine Editorial Department
The great era gave birth to great theories, and great ideas led the great journey.
Promoting the comprehensive rule of law is a profound change in national governance. It must be guided by scientific theory, continuously obtain new results from the combination of theory and practice, sum up and use the party’s ideological and theoretical results on strengthening the rule of law in the new era, and more Good guidance for all tasks of governing the country according to law.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has presided over a series of important meetings, delivered a series of important speeches, and made a series of important conclusions. He has profoundly answered why the country should be governed by law and how to govern the country in accordance with the law. The construction of the rule of law has undergone historic changes and achieved historic achievements.
The Central Committee on the Work Conference on Comprehensive Rule of Law, held from November 16 to 17, 2020, has a major theme and significant significance. The most important result is to clarify the guiding position of Xi Jinping’s thought on the rule of law in the work of comprehensive rule of law, which is in socialism with Chinese characteristics. The process of building the rule of law has great political, theoretical and practical significance.
General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the meeting. From the overall planning of the great rejuvenation strategy of the Chinese nation and the major changes in the world unseen in a century, the strategic height of achieving long-term stability of the party and the country, summing up experience, analyzing the situation, and clarifying the tasks, is an important point for the present and future During the period, the comprehensive management of the country according to law made strategic deployments from eleven aspects.
First, uphold the party's leadership in governing the country according to law in an all-round way;
Second, insist on putting people as the center;
Third, adhere to the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics;
Fourth, insist on governing the country and governing according to the constitution;
Fifth, persist in promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities on the track of the rule of law;
Sixth, persist in building a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics;
Seventh, adhere to the joint advancement of rule of law, rule of law, and administration of law, and the construction of a country ruled by law, a government ruled by law, and a society ruled by law;
Eighth, insist on comprehensively advancing scientific legislation, strict law enforcement, fair justice, and law-abiding by all people;
Ninth, persist in coordinating the promotion of domestic rule of law and foreign-related rule of law;
Tenth, insist on building a high-quality legal work team with both ability and political integrity;
Eleventh, persist in seizing the "critical minority" of leading cadres.
The important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping "Unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics and provide a strong guarantee for the rule of law for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country" comprehensively summarizes the historical achievements of the rule of law since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and profoundly clarifies In-depth advancement of the great significance of comprehensively governing the country according to law in the new era has scientifically answered a series of major theoretical and practical questions about the construction of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.
The speech embodies far-reaching strategic thinking, clear political orientation, strong historical responsibility, and sincere feelings for the people. It has a strong political, ideological, and theoretical nature. It is a programmatic document that guides the comprehensive rule of law in the new era. The whole party, the whole country and the whole society work together to further advance the comprehensive rule of law and accelerate the construction of a socialist country ruled by law, which has great practical significance and far-reaching historical significance.
The Latest Achievements of the Sinicization of Marxist Theory of Rule of Law
The rule of law is an important support for the country's governance system and governance capabilities, and an indispensable and important means of governing the country.
History has repeatedly proved that the prosperity of the rule of law leads to the prosperity of the country, and the decline of the rule of law leads to chaos.
When the rule of law is emphasized and the rule of law is prosperous, when will the country be peaceful and the people will be peaceful; when will the rule of law be ignored and the rule of law will be slack, and when will the country be in chaos and people complain.
The correct practice of the rule of law depends on the guidance of the correct theory of the rule of law.
The Marxist theory of the rule of law deeply reveals the essential characteristics and development laws of law, scientifically clarifies fundamental issues such as the value and function of law, and the basic relationship of law, and for the first time truly establishes the understanding of law on the basis of a scientific worldview and methodology. on.
Our party has always attached importance to the construction of the rule of law, always insisted on combining the basic principles of Marxism with China's reality, and constantly promoted the Sinicization of Marxist theory of the rule of law, and effectively guided the construction of the rule of law.
In this important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping reviewed the party’s achievements in the rule of law in different historical periods: During the period of the New Democratic Revolution, “the Outline of the Constitution of the Chinese Soviet Republic” was formulated and a large number of laws and decrees were created. Trial methods'"; after the founding of New China, "lead the people to formulate the'May 4th Constitution' and a series of important laws and regulations such as the National Organization Law, Election Law, Marriage Law, etc., establish a socialist legal framework system, and establish a socialist judicial system. System"; entering a new era in the history of reform and opening up, "proposed the policy of'where there are laws to follow, where laws must be followed, law enforcement must be strict, and violations must be investigated', emphasizing that governing the country by law is the basic strategy for the party to lead the people to govern the country, and governing by law is The basic way for the party to govern the country is to continuously promote the construction of socialist rule of law."
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has positioned the rule of law, laid out the rule of law, and strictly enforced the rule of law from the overall and strategic perspective of adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics. "The strategic layout has been vigorously promoted.
General Secretary Xi Jinping attaches great importance to the comprehensive rule of law, personally planning, personally deploying, and personally promoting.
In this great practice, the general secretary has always adhered to and used Marxist standpoints, viewpoints and methods, creatively proposed a series of new concepts, new ideas and strategies on the comprehensive rule of law, made a series of major decisions and deployments, and realized the socialist rule of law theory with Chinese characteristics. The major breakthroughs, major innovations, and major developments made by the People’s Republic of China have made major original contributions to the development of Marxist theory of the rule of law, and formed Xi Jinping’s rule of law, which has guided my country’s socialist rule of law to undergo historic changes and achieve historic achievements.
In this important speech, the General Secretary highly summarized these three aspects in terms of "the Party's leadership in comprehensively governing the country according to law", "the overall pattern of comprehensively governing the country according to law is basically formed", and "significant progress has been made in the practice of comprehensively governing the country according to law". Historic changes and historic achievements.
Especially in the big test of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, under the personal command and deployment of the general secretary, adhere to the prevention and control and governance according to the law, coordinate the promotion of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development on the track of the rule of law, and achieve major strategic results for epidemic prevention and control It provides a strong guarantee for the rule of law and fully demonstrates the significant advantages of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the national governance system.
The Central Work Conference on the Rule of Law in a Comprehensive Way clarified the guiding position of Xi Jinping’s rule of law in the work of governing the country according to law, and incisively summarized the main aspects of Xi Jinping’s rule of law thought with "eleven adherence".
Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law is not only a major theoretical innovation, but also a fundamental guide for action.
Xi Jinping’s thoughts on the rule of law are rich in connotation, profound in elaboration, rigorous in logic, and complete in systems. They deeply answer why and how to implement the rule of law in the new era from the perspective of historical and reality interlinkage, international and domestic correlation, and the combination of theory and practice. A series of major issues, including a series of major issues, clarified the guiding ideology, development path, work layout, and key tasks of comprehensively governing the country according to law. It embodies the accumulation of experience and wisdom formed by our party in the long-term exploration of the rule of law, and it is a time for the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. The required major theoretical innovation results are the latest results of the Sinicization of Marxist theory of the rule of law, and an important part of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era. It symbolizes the law of our party’s governance of the Communist Party, the law of socialist construction, and the law of human social development. Reached a new height of understanding.
Practice has and will continue to prove that since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of my country, the historical changes and achievements in the construction of socialist rule of law in China are based on the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, especially Xi Jinping’s thoughts on the rule of law.
Only by adhering to Xi Jinping's rule of law can we provide scientific legal guidance and institutional guarantees for the comprehensive construction of a modern socialist country and the realization of the Chinese dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
Party leadership is the fundamental guarantee
Party, government, military and civilian studies, east, west, south, north, middle, the party is leading everything.
The most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China, and the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics is the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
Adhering to the party's leadership of the comprehensive rule of law is the soul of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics and the fundamental guarantee for adhering to the correct direction of building a rule of law in China.
"Our party is the world's largest ruling party, leading the most populous country in the world. How to hold power and govern well, how to better organize and mobilize 1.4 billion people to build a socialist modern country in an all-round way is always Major issues that require great attention." Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has delivered a series of important speeches and made a series of important deployments, which have provided fundamental follow-up for upholding and strengthening the party's leadership of the rule of law in a comprehensive manner.
In this important speech, the General Secretary reviewed and summarized our party’s experience in leading the socialist rule of law in both positive and negative aspects, and profoundly stated: "The more complex the international and domestic environment, the more arduous the tasks of reform and opening up and socialist modernization. It is necessary to use rule of law thinking and methods to consolidate the ruling position, improve the style of governance, and enhance the ability to govern, so as to ensure the long-term stability of the party and the country."
The relationship between the party and the law is a fundamental issue. If it is handled well, the rule of law will flourish, the party will flourish, and the country will flourish; if it is not handled well, the rule of law will decline, the party will decline, and the country will decline.
To grasp this problem, we grasp the essence and core of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has focused on this fundamental issue. He has listened to the work reports of the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate in the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. He has studied and implemented the Fourth Middle School of the 18th Party among major provincial and ministerial leaders. The spirit of the plenary meeting fully promoted the opening of a special seminar on the rule of law and delivered a series of important speeches on occasions such as the opening ceremony of the seminar, which explained the relationship between the party and the law from the combination of theory and practice, history and reality, clarified the vague understanding, and ensured the comprehensive rule of law. Go in the right direction.
In this important speech, the General Secretary once again reiterated the major views and put forward practical requirements on this core issue.
First, a fundamental point must be kept in mind.
The general secretary emphasized that the leadership of the party is the soul of my country's socialist rule of law, and it is the biggest difference between the rule of law in my country and the rule of law in Western capitalist countries.
Fully governing the country according to law is not to weaken the party's leadership, but to strengthen and improve the party's leadership.
Without the leadership of the party, it will be difficult to effectively advance the rule of law in a comprehensive way, and a socialist country under the rule of law cannot be established.
Second, we must recognize a political trap.
The general secretary emphasized that "the Party Congress or the Falun Congress" is a political trap and a false proposition; we must not be vague or unclear about this question, and we must answer it clearly.
The leadership of the party and the rule of law are not antagonistic, but unified.
The laws of our country fully embody the will of the party and the people. Our party acts in accordance with the law, and the two are unified.
Third, a major boundary must be drawn.
The general secretary emphasized that we said that there is no question of "the party congress or the law congress". We regard the party as a ruling entity, in terms of the party’s ruling position and leadership, and specifically to each party and government organization and each leading cadre. , We must obey and abide by the constitution and laws.
Some things need to be submitted to the party committee for control, but this kind of control is not a personal meddling or covert intervention, but a political, procedural, and responsible grasp.
These important expositions of General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly clarify the relationship between party leadership and the socialist rule of law, provide scientific guidance for accurately grasping the root and soul of the construction of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, and are the political criteria that must be followed to promote the comprehensive rule of law.
Persist in serving and relying on the people
The people are the main body and source of power for governing the country by law.
Adhering to the people-centered principle is an essential requirement of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, and the fundamental difference between the rule of law of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the rule of capitalism.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a series of important expositions on upholding the people’s dominant position in the comprehensive rule of law. He has repeatedly emphasized that "the construction of the rule of law must be for the people, rely on the people, benefit the people, and protect the people." The interests of the people, reflecting the wishes of the people, safeguarding the rights and interests of the people, and enhancing the well-being of the people are implemented in the whole process of governing the country according to law", which scientifically pointed out the fundamental position of governing the country according to law.
In this important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping further stated that "the broadest and deepest foundation for comprehensive rule of law is the people, and we must insist on serving and relying on the people", emphasizing that "advancing the comprehensive rule of law, the fundamental purpose is to protect people's rights and interests in accordance with the law." "And made clear requirements.
The first is to implement the whole process of reflecting the people’s interests, reflecting the people’s wishes, safeguarding the people’s rights and improving the people’s well-being into all areas of comprehensive rule of law, ensuring that the people manage state affairs, economic and cultural undertakings through various channels and forms under the leadership of the party. Manage social affairs to ensure that the people enjoy extensive rights and freedoms and assume due obligations in accordance with the law.
The second is to actively respond to the new requirements and expectations of the people, adhere to problem-oriented and goal-oriented, establish dialectical thinking and overall concepts, systematically study, plan and solve outstanding problems that the people have strongly reflected in the field of rule of law, and continuously enhance the people's sense of gain, happiness, and happiness. A sense of security and the rule of law ensure that people live and work in peace and contentment.
Take the road of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics
To advance the comprehensive rule of law, we must go the right way.
The core of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics is to uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China, uphold and improve the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and implement the theory of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics. This is the only correct way to build a socialist country ruled by law.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized: The socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics that we must adhere to is essentially a concrete manifestation of the socialist path with Chinese characteristics in the field of rule of law; Essentially, it is the theoretical result of the socialist theory system with Chinese characteristics on the rule of law; the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics we want to build is essentially the legal expression of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.
In this important speech, the general secretary reiterated these important conclusions and elaborated on several major issues in adhering to the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.
One is to inherit and learn from.
The Chinese legal system is unique in the history of the world's legal system. It has accumulated a profound legal culture, condensed the spirit and wisdom of the Chinese nation, and has many excellent ideas and concepts worthy of our inheritance.
Combining history and reality, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that only by inheriting China’s excellent traditional legal culture, exploring the path to the rule of law that suits him from the practice of my country’s revolution, construction, and reform, and at the same time learning from the beneficial achievements of foreign rule of law, can he fully build a modern socialist country, Achieve the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation and lay a solid foundation for the rule of law.
At the same time, he clearly emphasized: "We are advancing the rule of law in a comprehensive way, never copy other countries' models and practices, and never follow the path of the so-called'constitutional government','three powers' and'judicial independence' in the West."
The second is firm confidence.
Practice has fully proved that my country's political system and legal system are systems suitable for my country's national conditions and actual conditions, and have significant advantages.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized, “On this issue, we must have confidence, confidence, and determination.” Especially in the face of the sudden new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core unites and leads the whole party and people of all ethnic groups throughout the country. Coordinated and promoted various prevention and control work on the track of the rule of law, and all regions and departments have made full efforts in legislative, law enforcement, judicial, law popularization, and law-abiding links, providing a strong legal guarantee for major strategic results in epidemic prevention and control.
"The facts have taught our people, and the people have become more and more confident."
The third is to improve and expand.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that it is necessary to not only be based on the current situation, use rule of law thinking and methods to solve the deep-seated problems facing economic and social development; but also take a long-term view, build the foundation of the rule of law, exercise the rule of law, accumulate the momentum of the rule of law, and promote various systems. More mature and more stereotyped, providing long-term institutional guarantees for the development of the party and the country.
First, we must insist on governing the country according to the constitution and governing according to the constitution
Persisting in governing the country according to the constitution and governing according to the constitution is the primary task and basic work of building a socialist country ruled by law.
To adhere to the rule of law, we must first adhere to the rule of the constitution, and adhere to the rule of law.
The Constitution is the fundamental law of the country and the general basis of various national systems and laws and regulations. It has the highest legal status, legal authority, and legal effect.
Practice has fully proved that my country’s constitution is a good constitution that conforms to national conditions, reality, and the development requirements of the times. It is a fundamental legal guarantee for our country and people to withstand various difficulties and risks and always follow the path of socialism with Chinese characteristics. Long-term adherence and comprehensive implementation.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to governing the country and governing in accordance with the constitution, and put forward a series of major ideological viewpoints and scientific conclusions based on the experience of socialist rule of law, which greatly enriched and developed socialism with Chinese characteristics. The theory of the rule of law, the practice that guides the implementation of our country's constitution has been continuously enriched, and the institutional mechanisms have been continuously improved.
In this important speech, the general secretary further made clear requirements for insisting on governing the country according to the constitution and governing according to the constitution.
First, firmly safeguard the dignity and authority of the Constitution.
General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward requirements from three aspects: First, the party leads the people in enacting the constitution and laws, leading the people to implement the constitution and laws, and the party itself must act within the scope of the constitution and laws; second, the people of all ethnic groups, all state agencies and armed forces, Political parties, all social organizations, and all enterprises and institutions must take the Constitution as the fundamental norms of their activities, and all have the responsibility of safeguarding the dignity of the Constitution and ensuring the implementation of the Constitution; third, no organization or individual shall have the privilege to exceed the Constitution and laws. Violations of the Constitution and laws must be investigated.
Second, draw a clear line between what is called "constitutionalism" in the West.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointedly pointed out: "We talk about constitutional governance and constitutional governance, which are fundamentally different from the so-called'constitutional government' in the West. The two cannot be confused." China's constitution establishes the fundamental system of socialism in the form of the fundamental law of the country. It has established the leadership of the Communist Party of China, established the state system of the people’s democratic dictatorship and the system of the People’s Congress, established the achievements of the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and determined the country’s fundamental tasks, leadership core, guiding ideology, development path, and struggle goals. A high degree of unity between the party's proposition and the people's will was achieved.
Adhering to constitutional rule of the country and governing by the constitution naturally includes the unshakable leadership of the Communist Party of China as determined by the constitution, and the unshakable state system of the people's democratic dictatorship and the system of people's congress as determined by the constitution.
Third, maintain the unity of the rule of law in the country.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that my country is a unitary country, and it is of vital importance to maintain the unity of the rule of law in the country. He has also put forward clear requirements for violations of the provisions of the upper law and legislative "water release" in some places: First, strengthen the implementation and supervision of the Constitution and promote cooperation. In the work of constitutional review, all regulations and normative documents that violate the Constitution and laws must be resolutely corrected and revoked. Second, local legislation must have local characteristics. The key is to thoroughly understand the spirit of the Party Central Committee and proceed from local realities to solve outstanding problems.
A broad and profound revolution in national governance
The rule of law is an important support for the national governance system and governance capabilities.
Persevering in advancing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities on the track of the rule of law is a broad and profound revolution in the field of national governance.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly emphasized “promote the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities on the track of the rule of law”, “play the positive role of the rule of law in the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities”, and clarified the importance of comprehensive rule of law. The overall, strategic, fundamental, and guarantee status in state governance.
In this important speech, the general secretary once again emphasized from the combination of history and reality: "Only by comprehensively governing the country according to law can we effectively guarantee the systematic, standardized, and coordinated nature of the national governance system and maximize social consensus."
Look at practice from the moment.
General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly pointed out that over the past 70 years since the founding of New China, the reason why my country has created the "two miracles" of rapid economic development and long-term social stability is closely related to the continuous promotion of the construction of socialist rule of law.
Especially since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has firmly promoted the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities on the track of the rule of law. The structure of the rule of law has been clearly formed and its effectiveness has become increasingly obvious. It has always been reform, development, stability, internal affairs, foreign affairs and national defense. , Strong guidance and reliable guarantee for ruling the party, ruling the country and ruling the army.
In response to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, we insisted on coordinating the advancement of epidemic prevention and control and economic and social development on the track of the rule of law, and achieved major strategic results. my country will become the only major economy in the world to achieve positive economic growth in 2020.
Looking into the future from a long-term perspective.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that in the practice of coordinating and advancing great struggles, great projects, great undertakings, and great dreams, and on the new journey of building a socialist modern country in an all-round way, we must pay more attention to the rule of law, enforce the rule of law, and make better use of the fundamental and stable rule of law. Anticipate and benefit the long-term guarantee role, adhere to the law to deal with major challenges, resist major risks, overcome major obstacles, and resolve major contradictions.
Grasp the master hand of comprehensively governing the country according to law
Comprehensive rule of law involves many aspects. In actual work, there must be an overall grasp of the overall situation and lead all parties.
Persisting in building a socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics is the overall focus of governing the country in a comprehensive manner.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has profoundly pointed out that "the rule of law system is the backbone of the national governance system" and has made a series of important expositions on the rich connotations and work requirements of the socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics.
In this important speech, the General Secretary once again reiterated two aspects: one is to emphasize the need to accelerate the formation of "five systems", namely a complete legal norm system, an efficient rule of law enforcement system, a strict rule of law supervision system, and a strong rule of law. The guarantee system and the perfect system of internal party laws and regulations; the second is to emphasize the need to adhere to the combination of rule of law and rule of virtue, and realize that rule of law and rule of morality complement each other and complement each other.
To build a socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, we must insist on legislation first and give play to the leading and promoting role of legislation.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping’s rule of law, the National People’s Congress and its Standing Committee have enacted 48 laws, revised 203 laws, and made 9 legal interpretations. , Passed 79 decisions on legal issues and major issues.
my country has 282 currently valid laws, 608 administrative regulations, and more than 12,000 local regulations. Significant achievements have been made in the construction of a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, and all aspects of national and social life are generally legal.
There is no end to practice and development, and no end to legislative work.
In this important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that “we must accelerate the improvement of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, make it more scientific, complete, and unify authority”, and put forward specific requirements from three aspects: First, we must summarize the experience of compiling the civil code, Promote the codification of legislation in the field of legislation with mature conditions in a timely manner; second, it is necessary to study and enrich legislative forms, and enhance the pertinence, applicability, and operability of legislation; third, to target the digital economy, Internet finance, artificial intelligence, big data, and cloud computing The rapid development of new technologies and applications, as well as new situations and new issues such as cybercrime, actively promote legislation in important fields such as national security, technological innovation, public health, biosecurity, ecological civilization, risk prevention, and foreign-related rule of law, and improve the legal system urgently needed for national governance , To meet the people's growing needs for a better life, the necessary legal system, fill in the gaps and strengthen the weak points.
Grasp the overall work layout of governing the country according to law
Fully governing the country by law is a systematic project. We must make overall plans, grasp the key points, and plan as a whole, and grasp the work layout of adhering to the rule of law, governing by law, and jointly promoting the rule of law, and building a country governed by law, a government governed by law, and a society governed by law.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made profound explanations on the rich connotations, internal connections, and work requirements of the "one common promotion" and "one integrated construction".
In this important speech, the General Secretary once again elaborated in depth: First, governing the country according to law, governing by law, and administering according to law are an organic whole. The key is that the party must persist in governing according to law and governments at all levels must adhere to administration according to law; second, rule by law The state, the government under the rule of law, and the society under the rule of law complement each other. The country under the rule of law is the goal of the construction of the rule of law, the government under the rule of law is the focus of building a country under the rule of law, and a society under the rule of law is the foundation for building a country under the rule of law.
Focusing on the work layout of comprehensively governing the country according to law, General Secretary Xi Jinping made arrangements from four aspects:
First, do a good job in building a government under the rule of law.
The general secretary has repeatedly emphasized that to promote the comprehensive rule of law, the construction of a government under the rule of law is a key task and main project, which has an exemplary and leading role in the construction of a country under the rule of law and a society under the rule of law, and must be the first to make breakthroughs.
The General Secretary put forward two requirements: First, the rule of law sets rules and boundaries for administrative power, standardizes administrative decision-making procedures, improves the government’s mechanism for keeping promises, and improves the level of administration according to law; the second is to promote high-quality development based on the characteristics of the new development stage Establish a new development pattern, accelerate the transformation of government functions, accelerate the creation of a market-oriented, legalized, and international business environment, and promote the formation of a unified, fair competition, standardized and orderly market system across the country.
Second, do a good job of administrative law enforcement.
The general secretary emphasized that administrative law enforcement has a wide range of work, one side connected to the government and the other connected to the masses, and it is directly related to the masses’ trust in the party and government and in the rule of law.
The general secretary affirmed the results achieved in recent years in rectifying irregular law enforcement and chaotic behavior, and at the same time pointed out some outstanding issues, and clearly put forward three requirements: first, promote strict, standardized, fair and civilized law enforcement, and improve judicial credibility; It is to make law enforcement strong and warm; the third is to strengthen the construction of the administrative law enforcement coordination and supervision work system covering the four levels of provinces, cities, counties and townships, strengthen all-round and full-process supervision, and improve the quality of law enforcement.
Third, we must ensure that all people abide by the law.
The general secretary emphasized that law-abiding by the whole people is the basic project of a society under the rule of law, and two requirements are put forward for the popularization of the law: First, the popularization of the law must keep up with the times, focus on pertinence and effectiveness, and implement the responsibility system of "whoever enforces the law will popularize the law". In particular, it is necessary to strengthen the rule of law education for young people, and continuously improve the awareness of the rule of law and the rule of law literacy of all citizens, so that the rule of law becomes a social consensus and basic norm; the second is to strengthen the rule of law, cultivate the whole society to handle affairs according to the law, find the law in case of trouble, solve problems, use, and resolve A legal environment where contradictions rely on the law.
Fourth, we must not only grasp the end and cure the disease, but also grasp the front and cure the disease.
The general secretary emphasized that my country's national conditions have determined that we cannot become a "big litigation country."
With a population of 1.4 billion in our country, lawsuits must be filed on all things big and small, and that would be overwhelming!
The general secretary requested that more law-based forces be used to guide and channel, improve the preventive legal system, adhere to and develop the "Maple Bridge Experience" of the new era, improve the comprehensive mechanism for the prevention, mediation and resolution of social conflicts and disputes, and pay more attention to basic work at the grassroots level. , Give full play to the role of co-construction, co-governance and sharing at the grassroots level, promote the modernization of municipal social governance, and promote social harmony and stability.
Grasp the important links of comprehensively governing the country according to law
The construction of the rule of law involves multiple links such as legislation, law enforcement, justice, law-abiding, law popularization, and law supervision.
Among them, adherence to scientific legislation, strict law enforcement, fair justice, and law-abiding by the whole people are important links in advancing the comprehensive rule of law.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has made a series of important expositions on how to promote the comprehensive rule of law, starting from the four important links of building the rule of law, and providing a fundamental basis for solving prominent contradictions and problems in the field of rule of law.
For example, regarding scientific legislation, it is proposed that the key is to improve the legislative system, promote scientific legislation and democratic legislation in depth, and grasp the key to improving the quality of legislation; regarding strict law enforcement, it is pointed out that the key is to solve irregular, non-strict, opaque, uncivilized and uncivilized law enforcement. Prominent issues such as acts and chaos; regarding fair justice, it is proposed to focus on optimizing the allocation of judicial powers, and to improve the institutional arrangements for the division of responsibility, mutual cooperation, and mutual restraint of judicial power; regarding the observance of the law, it is emphasized that efforts must be made to strengthen the concept of the rule of law for the whole people, etc. Wait.
In this important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again clearly requested that the reform of the rule of law be continued, and prominent contradictions and problems in the fields of legislation, law enforcement, justice, and compliance should be resolved.
One is to uphold fair justice.
Justice is the last line of defense to safeguard social fairness and justice, and justice is the soul and life of justice.
The general secretary put forward requirements for adhering to fair justice and deepening reforms in the judicial field: First, deepen the comprehensive supporting reforms of the judicial accountability system, strengthen judicial control and supervision, standardize the operation of judicial power, and improve the quality and efficiency of judicial case handling; second, improve social fairness, justice, and the rule of law The guarantee system strives to make the people feel fair and just in every judicial case; third, continue to improve the public interest litigation system to effectively protect the public interest; fourth, to address some major reforms determined by the central government since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China , We must keep an eye on it, and really grasp it to the end, to achieve practical results.
The second is to accelerate the establishment of a standardized and efficient restriction and supervision system.
In response to the inadequate power restriction and supervision that have been exposed in judicial corruption cases in recent years, the General Secretary requested that the "relationship network" be resolutely broken and the "interest chain" cut off, so that the "cat and hidden doors" have nowhere to hide.
The third is to continue to crack down on illegal and criminal acts that disrupt social order in accordance with the law.
The special campaign for the eradication of gangsters launched in January 2018 has achieved significant results and formed a powerful deterrent to the gangs.
The general secretary emphasized that it is necessary to promote the normalization of the eradication of gangsters and make the urban and rural areas more peaceful and the masses more happy.
Coordinate the promotion of the domestic rule of law and foreign-related rule of law
The rule of law is an important part of the country’s core competitiveness.
my country is increasingly approaching the center of the world stage and insisting on promoting the domestic rule of law and foreign-related rule of law in a coordinated manner is an urgent need to safeguard national sovereignty, security, and development interests.
At present, the world's major changes unseen in a century are accelerating. Peace and development are still the themes of the times. However, the uncertainty of the international environment has increased significantly, and the impact of the new crown pneumonia pandemic has been extensive and far-reaching.
Facing the increasingly fierce international game of rules and regulations, especially the abuse of "long-arm jurisdiction" and other hegemonic acts by the United States and other Western countries, only by strengthening the rule of law thinking, applying the rule of law, and accelerating the strategic layout of foreign-related legal work, can we effectively deal with challenges and grasp the struggle Strategic initiative.
In this important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping made arrangements for the overall promotion of domestic rule of law and foreign-related rule of law from six aspects: First, speed up the strategic layout of foreign-related rule of law, coordinate the promotion of domestic and international governance, and better safeguard national sovereignty, security, Develop interests; second, accelerate the formation of a comprehensive foreign-related laws and regulations system, and enhance the judicial efficiency of foreign-related law enforcement; third, guide enterprises and citizens to more consciously abide by local laws, regulations and customs in the process of going global, and use the rule of law and rules to maintain their own legality Rights and interests; fourth is to focus on cultivating a group of world-class arbitration institutions and law firms to make foreign-related legal protection and services more effective; fifth is to firmly maintain the international system with the United Nations as the core and firmly maintain the international law-based International order, firmly uphold the basic principles of international law and basic norms of international relations based on the purposes and principles of the UN Charter; Sixth, propose reform plans for international rules and international mechanisms that are unfair and unreasonable and do not conform to the general trend of the international structure, and promote global governance Reform and promote the construction of a community with a shared future for mankind.
Building a high-quality legal work team
Persisting in building a high-quality legal work team with both ability and political integrity is a basic work for advancing the rule of law in a comprehensive way. It is essential for building a socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, ensuring the effective implementation of laws, cultivating a socialist rule of law culture, and realizing national governance system and governance Modernization of capabilities is of great significance.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has attached great importance to the construction of the rule of law work force, and made a series of important expositions to provide a fundamental follow for the construction of the rule of law work force in the new era.
For example, for the rule of law team, it is emphasized that the comprehensive promotion of the rule of law must build a socialist rule of law work team that is loyal to the party, the country, the people, and the law; for the legal service team, it is proposed to support the leadership of the Communist Party of my country and support our society. The rule of law is the basic requirement of legal service personnel. Regarding the training of legal personnel, it is emphasized that we must adhere to morality, cultivate morality and law, and innovate legal personnel training mechanisms.
In this important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward clear requirements on the construction of the rule of law work force with a clear problem orientation.
First, build a team of specialized rule of law.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that stricter standards and higher requirements must be adhered to in the management of legal teams.
The general secretary deployed four aspects of work: First, strengthen the education of ideals and beliefs, carry out in-depth education on socialist core values and socialist rule of law concepts, promote the revolutionization, regularization, specialization, and professionalization of the rule of law team to ensure loyalty to the party and Be loyal to the country, the people, and the law; the second is to formulate and improve iron regulations, prohibitions and disciplinary regulations, and use the system to manage key people, to manage key places, and to control key things; third, to resolutely investigate corruption and betray the law, and be disloyal and honest to the party People who are involved in law enforcement and judicial corruption are deeply investigated; the fourth is to consolidate and expand the results of the pilot work of education and rectification of the political and legal system, adhere to zero tolerance, and dare to inward and scrape drugs.
Second, build a good legal service team.
General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the legal service team is an important force for comprehensively governing the country according to law. Overall, this team is good, but there are still many problems.
The general secretary put forward three requirements: First, it is necessary to support the leadership of the Communist Party of China and support the socialist rule of law as the basic requirements of legal service personnel, strengthen education, management, and guidance, and guide legal service workers to adhere to the correct political direction, and be honest in accordance with laws and regulations. Practice, earnestly fulfill social responsibilities, and devote enthusiasm to the construction of a socialist country under the rule of law; the second is to promote the reform and development of law schools, and improve the quality of talent training; the third is to increase foreign-related legal education, focusing on foreign law enforcement, judicial and legal services Talent training, international organization legal talent training and promotion work, better serve the overall situation of foreign work.
Seize the "critical minority" of leading cadres
Leading cadres' specific exercise of the party's ruling power and national legislative, administrative, supervisory, and judicial powers is the key to comprehensively governing the country according to law.
Only by persisting in grasping the "critical minority" of leading cadres can we achieve the goal and task of comprehensively governing the country according to law.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, General Secretary Xi Jinping has focused on comprehensively governing the country according to law, and has made important expositions and made clear requirements on seizing the "key minority" of leading cadres.
For example, it is emphasized that leading cadres largely determine the direction, path, and progress of governing the country according to law; it is emphasized that the problem of respect for the law must be solved first, and only by respecting the rule of law in the heart can behavior and compliance with the law; emphasizing whether they can abide by the law and act according to the law As an important content for inspecting cadres, etc.
These important expositions clarified from the theoretical and practical aspects of why the "key minority" of leading cadres is important and how to do it.
In this important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping once again put forward two requirements for "persistently seizing the'critical minority' of leading cadres":
First, leading cadres at all levels must resolutely implement the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee on the comprehensive rule of law, take the lead in respecting the rule of law, respecting the law, understanding and mastering the law, and continuously improving the use of rule of law thinking and methods to deepen reforms, promote development, and resolve contradictions , Maintain stability, ability to deal with risks, and be a model of respecting law and law-abiding usage.
The second is to include the literacy of the rule of law and the performance of duties according to the law into the important content of the assessment and evaluation of cadres, so that respect for law, study and law-abiding usage becomes the conscious behavior and necessary qualities of leading cadres.
In-depth advancement of the comprehensive rule of law is a systematic project, a broad and profound revolution in the field of national governance, and the party's centralized and unified leadership must be upheld.
In this important speech, General Secretary Xi Jinping strengthened the party’s organizational leadership, put forward clear requirements for party committees and governments at all levels, various fronts and departments, rule of law work departments, and the Central Government’s Office of Rule of Law, and emphasized the need to guard against formalism and bureaucracy. , To ensure that all tasks of comprehensively governing the country according to law are truly implemented.
Xi Jinping’s thought on the rule of law is the “sacred needle” for building a rule of law in China and governing the country. The current key is to further study, understand and implement Xi Jinping’s thought on the rule of law, and to comprehensively and accurately study and implement Xi Jinping’s thought on the rule of law with the implementation of the "China Construction Plan for the Rule of Law (2020) -2025)" to unify, strengthen the "four consciousnesses", strengthen the "four self-confidences", and achieve the "two safeguards", and fully transform the Party Central Committee's decision-making and deployment on the comprehensive rule of law into a comprehensive legal system The powerful driving force for the various tasks of governing the country has been transformed into ideas and measures to promote the construction of the rule of law, and into the vivid practice of building a socialist country under the rule of law in an all-round way, and constantly creating a new situation in the construction of a rule of law in China.