Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, as an important part of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, provides a fundamental guideline and a roadmap for China to pursue law-based governance. Inspired by the general principles of Marxism, Xi Jinping seeks to guide the progress of rule of law in China by carrying forward the material, political, people-centered, social, practical, and inheriting natures of law of Marxist ideas. Based on Marxist positions, views and methods, Xi Jinping declares that China will unswervingly follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, expounding the scientific connotation of the socialist system of law with Chinese characteristics, and taking the enforcement of the rule of law as the important idea of governing the country. He also clearly defines the rule of law as a vital concept of governance and scientifically designs the objectives, tasks and stages of the development of the socialist rule of law. The Thought shows distinctive Chinese characteristics, practical characteristics and characteristics of the contemporary times, creatively enriches and develops Marxist ideas of the rule of law, and provides a powerful ideological tool for the construction of a socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics and a law-based socialist state. |