BEIJING: The key to the modernization of China’s system of governance and capacity lies in the rule of law, experts said.
“The rule of law is the basic content and measuring standard of the modernization of national governance,” said Hu Jianmiao, a law professor at the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (National Academy of Governance).
“Fact1s have proved that a country with a higher degree of rule of law is safer, more stable, harmonious and economically developed.”
At the Party’s first central conference on work related to overall law-based governance held in November, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, called for efforts to be made to respond to major challenges, withstand major risks, overcome major obstacles and address major conflicts in accordance with the law to fully establish China as a modern socialist country.
At the meeting, which also marked the establishment of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, he also stressed that advancing the concept can ensure a systematic, standardized and coordinated governance system.
China has taken steps to guarantee China’s commitment to law-based governance, requiring legislation and regulations be either amended or implemented in a timely manner.
Xi, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, underlined the importance of legal support for the country’s epidemic control and prevention efforts at a meeting in February last year, when China was hit hard by the COVID-19 epidemic.
As he presided over the third meeting of the Commission for Overall Law-based Governance of the CPC Central Committee, Xi urged officials to improve law-based governance while dealing with the emergency.
Xi also stressed that it was important to carry out epidemic control work in a scientific and orderly manner and in accordance with the law. While highlighting that people’s safety and health remain top priorities, Xi called for greater legislative, law enforcement and judicial oversight to strengthen the capacity for law-based epidemic prevention and control. The more severe a situation is, the more important it is to intensify law-based efforts so that related work remains on a legal track, he said.
– The Daily Mail-China Daily News exchange item
