"The prosperity of the rule of law will make the country prosperous, and the strong rule of law will make the country strong" - Commentary on "Ten Clarifications" highlighting the new leap of Marxism in China

　　"The prosperity of the rule of law will make the country prosperous, and the strong rule of law will make the country strong" - Commentary on "Ten Clarifications" highlighting the new leap of Marxism in China

　　Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 18th,

　　Xinhua News Agency reporter

　　The "Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on the Major Achievements and Historical Experience of the Party's Centennial Struggle" systematically summarizes the core content of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era with "ten clear" points, including—

　　"It is clear that the general goal of comprehensively promoting the rule of law is to build a socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics and a socialist country under the rule of law."

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping has set the course and planned the blueprint for the comprehensive rule of law, which has opened up a new realm of the Sinicization of the Marxist theory of the rule of law. Weiye has built a solid foundation for the rule of law.

Governing the country according to the law is the basic strategy for the party to lead the people to govern the country: "If we do not comprehensively govern the country according to the law, we will not be able to govern the country well or manage our government well, and our strategic layout will fail."

　　"The prosperity of the rule of law makes the country prosperous, and the rule of law is strong, the country is strong."

　　At the end of 2012, Xi Jinping, who had just been elected general secretary, attended a meeting in the capital to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of the current constitution, and made it clear that “we must pay more attention to the important role of the rule of law in national governance and social management, comprehensively promote the rule of law, and accelerate the construction of socialist rule of law. nation".

　　Nearly eight years later, the Central Committee on Comprehensively Governing the Country by Law, convened for the first time in the party's history, clearly defined Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law as the guiding ideology for comprehensively governing the country by law.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We propose to comprehensively promote the rule of law and unswervingly enforce the rule of law. An important purpose is to plan for future generations and for long-term development."

　　Insight into the vicissitudes of thousands of years and the rise and fall of chaos, General Secretary Xi Jinping profoundly revealed the great significance of the rule of law to the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, scientifically grasped the inherent laws of the development of the rule of law in China, and provided ideological guidelines for the construction of a rule-of-law China in the new era.

　　In the golden autumn of October 2014, the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China reviewed and approved the "Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues Concerning Comprehensively Promoting the Governance of the Country by Law", making top-level design and strategic deployment for the comprehensive governance of the country by law.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that the comprehensive promotion of the rule of law involves many aspects. In practical work, there must be a general starting point that takes the overall situation and leads all parties. This general starting point is to build a socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics.

All work in governing the country according to law must be planned and advanced around this general starting point.

　　Declare the determination to unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics: "The path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics is the concentrated expression of achievements and experience in the construction of socialist rule of law, and the only correct path for building a socialist country under the rule of law";

　　Clarify the scientific connotation of the socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics: "to form a complete legal norm system, an efficient rule of law enforcement system, a strict rule of law supervision system, and a powerful rule of law guarantee system, to form a complete system of intra-party regulations";

　　Clarify the basic framework and overall layout of the comprehensive rule of law: "Adhere to the joint advancement of the rule of law, the rule of law, and the law-based administration, adhere to the integrated construction of a rule of law country, a rule of law government, and a rule of law society, and achieve scientific legislation, strict law enforcement, impartial justice, and law-abiding by the whole people"... …

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping's important expositions guide hundreds of millions of people to work together, strengthen their self-confidence, and steadily and orderly advance the construction of the rule of law in China.

　　On August 24, 2018, Zhongnanhai Huairentang.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping presided over the first meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Governing the Country by Law.

General Secretary Xi Jinping personally served as the director of the Central Committee for Comprehensively Governing the Country by Law, showing that he attaches great importance to the work of the rule of law.

　　Made important instructions and instructions on political and legal work many times, and made a series of major arrangements;

　　Presided over three meetings of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee, listened to relevant reports, made important instructions for the compilation of the Civil Code, and provided important guidance and basic compliance for the compilation of the Civil Code;

　　Presided over the meeting of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, reviewed the "Regulations on the Political and Legal Work of the Communist Party of China", and transformed the party's long-term successful experience in leading political and legal work into institutional achievements;

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　　By setting direction, planning, and implementing measures, General Secretary Xi Jinping has comprehensively and systematically studied and solved major issues and major issues in governing the country according to law, and coordinated the advancement of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics and the construction of a socialist country under the rule of law.

　　Open the "Plan for the Construction of China under the Rule of Law (2020-2025)" issued by the CPC Central Committee, and the "roadmap" for a socialist country under the rule of law is clearly visible——

　　By 2025, the system and mechanism of the Party's leadership to comprehensively govern the country according to law will be more complete, and the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics centered on the Constitution will be more complete... The socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics has initially taken shape.

　　By 2035, a country under the rule of law, a government under the rule of law, and a society under the rule of law will be basically established, and a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics will be basically formed. The modernization of the national governance system and governance capacity will be basically realized.

　　Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law, the grand blueprint of the rule of law in China has become clearer, and the pace of comprehensive rule of law in the country has been solid and strong.

The proper meaning of the national governance system: "Uphold and improve the socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, and give better play to the role of the rule of law in guiding, regulating, and guaranteeing reform, development and stability."

　　On March 1, 2021, the Yangtze River Protection Law was officially implemented, and there is a law to follow to protect the mother river.

　　The formulation of the Yangtze River Protection Law is a major legislative task personally determined by General Secretary Xi Jinping.

This is the first river basin law in my country, which provides legal guarantee for the eternal vitality of the Yangtze River and the sustainable development of the Chinese nation.

　　Governing a country is without its laws and disorder, and abiding by the laws will decline.

To build a complete legal system, good governance requires good laws—

　　How does the legal system keep pace with the times under the new historical position?

General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly pointed out: "The people's expectation for legislation is not whether it is or not, but whether it is good, whether it works or not, and whether it can solve practical problems."

　　Under the guidance of Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law, improve the legislative work pattern, improve the legislative work mechanism, adhere to the simultaneous implementation of legislation, reform, abolition, interpretation and codification, and strengthen legislation in key areas, emerging areas, and foreign-related areas... High-quality legislation provides high-quality institutional guarantee for the country's reform, development and stability .

　　The Personal Information Protection Law makes your personal information safer, the Anti-Food Waste Law promotes the traditional virtues of diligence and thrift, and the Foreign Investment Law vigorously promotes the creation of a legalized, internationalized, and convenient business environment... The socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics is "tower of the sky" Trees" are more leafy.

　　In all legal affairs, the conduct must not be wrong.

Weaving a dense web of rule of law to ensure social fairness and justice——

　　"Strive to make the people feel fairness and justice in every legal system, every law enforcement decision, and every judicial case." This is the clear request of General Secretary Xi Jinping, and it is also a key yardstick for measuring the effectiveness of the rule of law construction.

　　Can wrongful cases left over from history be corrected?

What should I do if the judiciary has "difficult to enter" and "unsightly faces"?

How to solve the "favor case" and "relationship case"?

...the key is to advance the reform of the judicial system.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to firmly grasp the major and key issues that affect judicial justice and restrict judicial capacity, and enhance the pertinence and effectiveness of reforms.

　　Major wrongful cases such as the Hugjile pattern, the Nie Shubin case, and the Zhang Wenzhong case were corrected in accordance with the law. The reform of the post system allowed the judicial power to be concentrated on the front line of case handling. Actively and prudently promote public interest litigation to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people... The judiciary has a new look, and the fair, efficient and authoritative socialist judicial system with Chinese characteristics has become more mature and complete.

　　After the country has ordered the people, it is the system.

　　Under the leadership of General Secretary Xi Jinping, the socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics has been increasingly improved, and the important role of the rule of law in consolidating fundamentals, stabilizing expectations, and benefiting the long-term has become more prominent.

　　——The strict legal supervision system locks power into the cage of the system, the powerful legal guarantee system provides important support such as talents and science and technology for the comprehensive rule of law, and the perfect intra-Party legal system provides institutional guarantee for the party to play its core leadership role.

　　——According to the law, we will respond to major challenges, resist major risks, overcome major obstacles, and resolve major contradictions, and calmly respond to the challenges of the century-old changing situation and the epidemic of the century; optimize the business environment under the rule of law, and escort the high-quality economic development.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Building a socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics and building a socialist country under the rule of law is an inevitable requirement for realizing the modernization of the country's governance system and governance capacity."

　　In March 2018, in the constitutional amendment voted by the First Session of the Thirteenth National People's Congress, "improve the socialist legal system" was changed to "improve the socialist rule of law".

　　The leap from "system" to "governance" indicates that the construction of the rule of law has transformed from a legal system to a rule of law system that includes all aspects of legislation, law enforcement, justice, and law-abiding.

Setting the course for the construction of a rule-of-law China in the new era: "The comprehensive promotion of the rule of law is a huge systematic project. We must take overall consideration, grasp the key points, make overall plans, focus on joint advancement, and work hard on integrated construction."

　　"I swear that I will be loyal to the Constitution of the People's Republic of China, safeguard the authority of the Constitution, and perform statutory duties..."

　　On the morning of March 17, 2018, the Great Hall of the People ushered in the first constitutional oath of state leaders in the history of the People's Republic.

Leaders of great powers vowed to demonstrate their firm determination to lead by example and govern the country in accordance with the constitution.

　　A modern country must be ruled by law.

Governing the country by law in an all-round way requires the joint participation of all parties and the formation of joint forces to promote the implementation of the rule of law and belief in the rule of law throughout the country.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized strengthening the system, integrity and synergy of the rule of law construction: "A country under the rule of law, a government under the rule of law, and a society under the rule of law complement each other. The basics."

　　The construction of a rule of law government is a key task and main project, and we must take the lead in breaking through——

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "Governments at all levels must fully perform their functions in accordance with the law, and insist that statutory responsibilities must be performed and cannot be performed without legal authorization."

　　In 2020, the State Council agreed to carry out a pilot program for the reform of "one business, one certificate" in Shanghai's Pudong New Area, integrating multiple licenses that enterprises need to apply for a comprehensive industry license to realize "one certificate and one license" for market players.

　　To open a convenience store, you used to have to run "five certificates", but now you only need to fill out "one form".

What is subtracted is the number of licenses and what is added is market vitality.

　　Comprehensively clean up "weird proofs" to reduce the burden on the masses, extend government services from "online handling" to "handheld handling", strictly regulate law enforcement to make power no longer "willful", implement major administrative decision-making procedures, and strengthen the implementation and evaluation of administrative decision-making... The rule of law Government construction has shifted gears and accelerated, and administration according to law has become a distinctive mark of governments at all levels.

　　The "Implementation Outline for the Construction of a Government Ruled by Law (2021-2025)" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council establishes the overall goals and sub-targets of various fields for the construction of a rule of law government by 2025, providing strong support for promoting the modernization of the government governance system and governance capacity.

　　Build a society under the rule of law, protect harmony and tranquility with the power of the rule of law, and protect the rights and interests of the people——

　　"Mobilize and rely on the masses, insist that conflicts are not handed over, resolve them on the spot, and achieve fewer arrests and better security..." Accompanied by the gurgling water of the Fengxi River, "Fengqiao Experience" started from Fengqiao Town, Zhuji City, Shaoxing, Zhejiang Province. In the past 60 years, it has taken root and flourished all over the country.

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping clearly requested, "Party committees and governments at all levels must fully understand the significance of the 'Fengqiao Experience', carry forward a fine style of work, adapt to the requirements of the times, innovate the work methods of the masses, and be good at using the rule of law thinking and the rule of law to solve problems involving the vital interests of the masses. Contradictions and Problems".

　　A harmonious society should be a society ruled by law.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to accelerate the realization of the rule of law in social governance, prevent risks, resolve conflicts, safeguard rights and interests, and create a fair, transparent and predictable legal environment.

　　Sweeping down gangsters and evil will make urban and rural areas more peaceful and the masses more comfortable. Governing the Internet in accordance with the law ensures a clear sky in cyberspace, maintains a "bright world", focuses on "urgent difficulties and worries", and manages "critical and trivial matters" well, so that the people can earn more. A sense of gain, happiness, and security.

　　"By 2025, the implementation of the 'Eighth Five-Year' law popularization plan will be completed, the concept of the rule of law will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the institutional norms in the social field will be more complete..." The "Implementation Outline for the Construction of a Rule of Law Society (2020-2025)" issued by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposes the construction of a rule of law society. New requirements, new deployments.

　　Bathed in the light of the rule of law, the fusion of Germany and France firmly established the whole society's belief in the rule of law——

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping deeply explained the relationship between law and morality: "The law is written morality, and morality is the inner law." "The rule of law and the rule of morality cannot be separated and cannot be neglected, and national governance requires the synergy of law and morality."

　　The Civil Code has a clear-cut attitude and encourages courageous actions. The Protection of Heroes and Martyrs promotes the formation of a good social atmosphere that honors heroes and martyrs. The Supreme Court, the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Public Security jointly issued a document to clarify the situation of self-defense identification... The rule of law and morality complement each other, boosting social integrity and rejuvenating China National "spirit".

　　Five thousand years of Chinese civilization contains a legal value system based on morality, and carries rich experience in national and social governance.

In-depth exploration, inheritance and promotion of excellent traditional culture, the truth power of Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law stimulates the vitality of the rule of law in China.

　　Under the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping's thought on the rule of law, the entire Party and the people of all ethnic groups have actively participated in the great practice of comprehensively governing the country according to law, and forged ahead along the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.

The socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics has been continuously improved, and solid steps have been taken in the construction of a rule-of-law China. A country under the rule of law with economic development, political clarity, cultural prosperity, social justice, and good ecology is making great strides toward us.

(Reporters Yang Weihan, Luo Sha, Xiong Feng, Liu Shuo, Ren Qinqin)