Firmly uphold the authority of the Constitution and comprehensively promote the implementation of the Constitution
Since the 40th anniversary of the promulgation and implementation of my country's current constitution, it has strongly upheld the leadership of the Communist Party of China, effectively guaranteed the people's mastery of the country, vigorously promoted reform and opening up and socialist modernization, vigorously promoted the socialist country under the rule of law, and vigorously promoted the development of human rights. , effectively safeguarding national unity, national unity, social harmony and stability.
To this end, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that our country's constitution is a good constitution that conforms to national conditions, reality, and the development of the times. fundamental legal guarantee.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core has taken the full implementation of the Constitution as the primary task and basic work of comprehensively governing the country according to law and building a socialist country under the rule of law.
Under the guidance and promotion of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, the practice of implementing my country's Constitution has been continuously enriched, and the systems and mechanisms have been continuously improved.
Under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee, the National People's Congress has passed five amendments to the Constitution, constantly improving the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics centered on the Constitution, and using a scientific, effective and systematic system to ensure the implementation of the Constitution.
The Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress was established. Under the leadership of the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee, it has further promoted the implementation of the Constitution, carried out the interpretation of the Constitution, promoted the review of the constitutionality, strengthened the supervision of the Constitution, and cooperated with the publicity of the Constitution. Served the 13th National People's Congress and its Standing Committee in formulating 41 laws, revising laws 101 times, and passing 44 decisions on legal issues and major issues, effectively ensuring the laws passed and decisions made by the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee. Comply with the provisions of the Constitution and the spirit of the Constitution.
Establish National Constitution Day, implement the constitutional oath system, confer national medals and national honorary titles in accordance with the law, improve the national flag law, national emblem law, national anthem law and other national symbols legal systems, and implement the amnesty system stipulated in the constitution.
According to the Constitution, make decisions on establishing and improving the legal system and enforcement mechanism for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to safeguard national security, formulate the Hong Kong National Security Law, and safeguard the authority of the Constitution and the constitutional order and the rule of law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.
Advancing with the times, grasping the provisions and spirit of the Constitution, steadily advancing the work of constitutionality review and constitutional interpretation, and deliberating on laws and bills in areas such as improving the establishment of state institutions, reforming the administrative system, reforming the judicial system, expanding opening to the outside world, and safeguarding citizens' basic rights. , carry out in-depth demonstration and research on constitutional issues, and explain through reports on the results of deliberation, reports on revisions, and provision of reference documents, etc., to ensure that legal norms and systems conform to the provisions, principles and spirit of the Constitution, and to maintain the unity of the country's rule of law.
The new and rich practice of governing the country according to the constitution and governing according to the constitution in the new era has fully proved the solid foundation, practical achievements and significant advantages of my country's constitution.
At an important historical moment when our party unites and leads the people on a new journey to achieve the second centenary goal, we must strengthen our confidence in the constitution, carry forward the spirit of the constitution, earnestly respect the constitution, and raise the comprehensive implementation of the constitution to a new level, better To give full play to the important role of the constitution in the governance of the country.
The first is to strengthen the self-confidence in the constitution. The first is to uphold the overall leadership of the Communist Party of China.
The leadership of the Communist Party of China is the most essential feature of socialism with Chinese characteristics, and it is the distinctive feature and greatest advantage of our constitution.
To strengthen self-confidence in the Constitution means to uphold the leadership of the Communist Party of China and to be confident in the socialist path and system of the Communist Party of China in which the people are the masters of the country.
The second is to strengthen the self-confidence of the constitution. The essence is to insist on the continuous development of people's democracy in the whole process.
The Constitution fully embodies the common will of the vast majority of the people and has the most solid and profound foundation of public opinion.
To strengthen self-confidence in the Constitution means to insist that all power in the state belongs to the people, to insist on putting the people at the center, to develop a more extensive, fuller, and more complete people's democracy throughout the process, and to continuously realize, maintain and develop the fundamental interests of the broadest masses of the people.
The third is to strengthen the self-confidence of the constitution. The key is to adhere to the state system, political system and various systems of the state determined by the constitution.
my country's Constitution is the highest legal expression of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics.
To strengthen self-confidence in the Constitution means to uphold the state system of the people's democratic dictatorship and the system of people's congresses, and to continuously improve the fundamental system, basic system, and important system, so as to better transform the advantages of my country's system into national governance efficiency.
The Constitution bears the great achievements and historical experience of the Communist Party of China in its century of struggle, and bears the great dream of more than 1.4 billion people to realize national rejuvenation.
Today, as we embark on a new journey of building a powerful modern socialist country in an all-round way, we must promote the implementation of the Constitution with greater confidence, greater determination, and greater strength, so that the Constitution can exert more significant institutional advantages and show more vigorous vitality Vitality, to win greater victories and glory in the new era and new journey.
(The author is the chairman of the Constitution and Law Committee of the National People's Congress)
Li Fei