Leading China's drive to enhance governance

CHINA reached a milestone in promoting public awareness of the rule of law as a new law stipulating legal safeguards and responsibilities took effect on November 1.

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THE Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China.

(Xinhua)

The law on publicity and education on the rule of law, which highlights lifelong legal education for citizens, is designed to consolidate the social foundation for comprehensively advancing law-based governance and promote the building of a socialist country under the rule of law at a higher level.

It incorporates “Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law” into national legal texts for the first time, an important step that strengthens the foundation for advancing law-based governance.

China’s rule-of-law process entered a new chapter in 2020, when the Communist Party of China (CPC) convened its first central conference on the rule of law, formally establishing Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law as the guiding philosophy in this field. This marked a historic milestone in the long-term goal of building a socialist rule-of-law country.

Since the 18th CPC National Congress, Xi, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, has put forward a series of new concepts, ideas and strategies that have shaped China's approach to law-based governance.