President Xi Jinping has urged officials across the country to deepen efforts to advance the rule of law and to ensure that Party leadership, public participation and law based governance remain closely aligned. His remarks were delivered in a recent instruction focused on comprehensively promoting the rule of law and were later conveyed at a major national conference on law based governance held in Beijing on Monday and Tuesday.
Xi who serves as general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission said that China has made significant progress in building a framework for law based governance. He noted that the system of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics continues to improve and that the path guided by this model is becoming broader as reforms advance.
He stressed the importance of fully applying the thought on socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics for the new era. This includes improving coordination between legal development and the country’s wider goals of reform, economic progress and social stability. Xi also emphasised safeguarding social fairness and justice and ensuring that the rule of law is strengthened across all areas of national governance.
Zhao Leji, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, attended the conference and delivered a speech. Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang was also present and conveyed Xi’s instruction. Both Zhao and Ding are members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.
In his remarks Zhao said Xi’s instruction sets clear direction for comprehensively advancing law based governance. He highlighted that Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law is the guiding philosophy that must be upheld over the long term as China continues to strengthen its legal foundations in the new era. Zhao said that this guiding philosophy provides essential direction for building a modern governance system that is supported by a strong legal framework.
He also called for implementing the strategic tasks laid out during the fourth plenary session of the twentieth Communist Party of China Central Committee. These tasks include accelerating the development of a comprehensive system of laws and regulations, building a government that operates according to law and ensuring justice that is impartial and transparent. Zhao added that strengthening a law based society will help provide a solid legal guarantee for China’s high quality development.
Officials attending the conference expressed support for deepening legal reforms and improving institutions that ensure the fair and consistent application of the law across the country. The meeting underscored the central leadership’s view that advancing the rule of law is essential for stability, growth and long term national development.
