The Voice of ＂Rule of Law＂ in the Report of the 19th National Congress

　　editorial comment/note

　　The report of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China pointed out the direction, goal and task of the development of the new era, which runs through a lot of spirit and requirements of the rule of law. These five key words of the rule of law extracted from the report of the 19th National Congress make us feel the power of the rule of law and a bright future.

　　Keyword 1

　　[Governing the country according to law in an all-round way]

　　Summary of the report: Governing the country according to law in an all-round way is the essential requirement and important guarantee of Socialism with Chinese characteristics. We must implement the party’s leadership in the whole process and all aspects of governing the country according to law, unswervingly follow the road of rule of law in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, improve the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics at the core of the Constitution, build the legal system in Socialism with Chinese characteristics, build a socialist country ruled by law, develop Socialism with Chinese characteristics’s theory of rule of law, persist in promoting the rule of law, rule of law and administration according to law, adhere to the integration of a country ruled by law, a government ruled by law and a society ruled by law, adhere to the combination of rule of law and rule of virtue, and deepen the judicial system.

　　Keyword 2

　　[Insist on enforcing the rule of law]

　　Summary of the report: Governing the country according to law in an all-round way is a profound revolution in state governance. We must adhere to the rule of law and promote scientific legislation, strict law enforcement, fair justice and law-abiding for the whole people. Establish a central leading group for comprehensively administering the country according to law, and strengthen unified leadership over the construction of China ruled by law. Strengthen the implementation and supervision of the constitution, promote the constitutional review, and safeguard the authority of the constitution. Promote scientific legislation, democratic legislation, and legislation according to law, promote development with good laws, and ensure good governance. Build a government ruled by law, promote administration according to law, and strictly regulate fair and civilized law enforcement. We will deepen the comprehensive reform of the judicial system, fully implement the judicial responsibility system, and strive to make the people feel fair and just in every judicial case. Strengthen the popularization of law among the whole people, build a socialist culture of rule of law, and establish the concept of rule of law that the constitution is supreme and everyone is equal before the law. Party organizations at all levels and all party member should take the lead in respecting the law-abiding usage of science and law. No organization or individual is allowed to have the privilege beyond the constitutional law, and it is absolutely not allowed to substitute words for law, suppress law with power, violate the law for profit, and bending the law.

　　Keyword 3

　　[Reform of national supervision system]

　　Summary of the report: Deepen the reform of the national supervision system, push the pilot work across the country, set up national, provincial, municipal and county supervision committees, and co-locate with the party’s discipline inspection organs to achieve full coverage of all public officials exercising public power. Formulate the national supervision law, endow the supervision committee with responsibilities, authority and investigation means according to law, and replace the "two regulations" measures with lien. Reform the audit management system and improve the statistical system. We will build an authoritative and efficient supervision system with unified party command, comprehensive coverage, and integrate inner-party supervision with state organs, democratic supervision, judicial supervision, mass supervision, and public opinion supervision, so as to enhance the joint efforts of supervision.

　　Keyword 4

　　[Anti-corruption national legislation]

　　Summary of the report: It is necessary to adhere to no-forbidden zone, full coverage and zero tolerance, to emphasize containment, strong pressure and long-term deterrence, to investigate bribery together, and to resolutely prevent the formation of interest groups within the party. Establish an inspection system in city and county party committees and intensify efforts to rectify corruption around the masses. No matter where the corrupt elements flee, they must be arrested and brought to justice. Promote anti-corruption national legislation and build a reporting platform covering the discipline inspection and supervision system. Strengthen the shock of not daring to rot, fasten the cage that can’t rot, enhance the consciousness of not wanting to rot, and exchange Haiyan Heqing and Langlang Gankun through unremitting efforts.

　　Keyword 5

　　[Social governance pattern of co-construction, co-governance and sharing]

　　Summary of the report: Strengthen the construction of social governance system, improve the social governance system of party committee leadership, government responsibility, social coordination, public participation and rule of law, and improve the level of socialization, rule of law, intelligence and specialization of social governance. Strengthen the construction of mechanisms to prevent and resolve social contradictions and correctly handle contradictions among the people. Establish the concept of safe development, carry forward the idea of life first and safety first, improve the public safety system, improve the responsibility system for production safety, resolutely curb serious accidents and enhance the ability of disaster prevention, mitigation and relief. We will speed up the construction of a public security prevention and control system, crack down on and punish illegal and criminal activities such as pornography, gambling, drugs and kidnapping, and protect people’s personal rights, property rights and personality rights. Strengthen the construction of social psychological service system and cultivate self-esteem, self-confidence, rationality, peace and positive social mentality. Strengthen the construction of community governance system, push the focus of social governance down to the grassroots level, give play to the role of social organizations, and realize the benign interaction between government governance, social regulation and residents’ autonomy.