Party guarantees rule of law

To comprehensively promote the rule of law in a nation with a population of 1.3 billion is equivalent to launching a sweeping and profound revolution, and its success is built on strong political guarantees.

As President Xi Jinping said at a recent seminar held for provincial and ministerial-level officials, "the socialist rule of law must be based on adherence to the Party's leadership, and the Party's governing status must depend on the socialist legal system", says a People's Daily editorial.

The Party's leadership is the most essential trait of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the soul of the socialist rule of law. The push for the rule of law in China, which has lacked such a tradition, is inseparable from strong political leadership. Without the leadership of the Communist Party of China, efforts to build a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics and a nation ruled by law will yield little of value.