To promote Chinese-style modernization, we must adhere to the rule of the constitution

　　The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China comprehensively expounded the Chinese characteristics and essential requirements of Chinese-style modernization, and emphasized the need to comprehensively promote Chinese-style modernization. The development of the mainland's constitution is closely related to the process of Chinese-style modernization. The Constitution provides a legal foundation for advancing Chinese-style modernization. The Communist Party of China (CPC) has used Sinicized Marxism and developing Marxism to guide the construction of the constitutional system, promptly transformed the successful experience of promoting Chinese-style modernization into a state system and governance system recognized by the Constitution, and continuously deepened its understanding of the laws governing the country and governing according to the Constitution, so that the mainland constitutional system not only embodies the basic principles of scientific socialism, but also has distinctive Chinese characteristics, national characteristics, and characteristics of the times. Practice has proved that the mainland constitution and the national governance system established by it have unleashed tremendous institutional effectiveness in a relatively short historical period, providing a fundamental legal guarantee for the party to lead the people to promote Chinese-style modernization.

　　The development of the mainland's constitution is closely related to the process of Chinese-style modernization

　　General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The formulation and implementation of the Constitution is a symbol of the progress of human civilization and an important support for the modernization of human society. "What kind of constitutional system a country chooses to promote and guarantee the realization of modernization is determined by the history, culture, social nature, and level of economic development of a particular country. The socialist constitutional system with Chinese characteristics has grown up in China's social soil, has been formed through the long-term practice of revolution, construction, and reform, is the product of integrating the basic tenets of Marxism with China's specific realities and with China's excellent traditional culture, and is the result of the unification of constitutional theoretical innovation, practical innovation, and institutional innovation, condensing the will and wisdom of the party and the people, and has profound historical, theoretical, and practical logic.

　　The development of the mainland's constitution is a microcosm of the process of Chinese-style modernization. After the Opium War, China gradually degenerated into a semi-colonial and semi-feudal society. In order to change the suffering fate of the country and the nation, China has tried various constitutional forms such as a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary system, a multi-party system, and a presidential system, but none of them is the right answer or the fundamental way out for building a modern country and realizing national rejuvenation. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, there is no ready-made answer to how to govern a socialist developing country like China, which has a long historical depth, a large land area, a large population, an extraordinarily complex ethnic and religious structure, and a super-large economic structure. After arduous exploration and practice, the Communist Party of China has united and led the Chinese people to successfully formulate and implement a constitution with a distinct socialist nature on the land of China, which is also a people's constitution in the true sense, which is of pioneering significance in the history of constitutional development in the mainland and even in the history of the world's constitutional system, and has contributed Chinese wisdom and Chinese solutions to the progress of human rule of law civilization.

　　In the new era, the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at the core has united and led the whole Party and the people of all ethnic groups across the country to promote and expand Chinese-style modernization, and has made great achievements that have attracted worldwide attention, demonstrating the vitality of scientific socialism and the great success of China's constitutional system with irrefutable facts. Under the strong guarantee of the mainland's constitution, the path of Chinese-style modernization has become broader and broader, which has enabled more people in the world to face and believe in Marxism and socialism, and brought about a profound change in the historical evolution and contest between the two ideologies and two social systems in the world. Socialism with Chinese characteristics has become the mainstay of the revitalization of socialism in the world, and the Chinese Constitution has become a model for today's socialist constitution. Holding high the great banner of socialism, the Chinese Constitution has developed and improved various constitutional systems, and has continuously given new connotations to the theory and practice of the socialist Constitution, which is a milestone in the history of the development of the Socialist Constitution. The successful practice of China's constitutional system has set an example for developing countries to modernize their national governance on the constitutional track, and has provided a new constitutional choice for countries and nations in the world that want to accelerate development while maintaining their independence.

　　The Constitution provides a fundamental legal guarantee for the promotion of Chinese-style modernization

　　When the rule of law is prosperous, the nation is prosperous, and when the rule of law is strong, the country is strong. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "A modern country must be a country governed by the rule of law. "The premise of realizing modernization is to realize the unity of the country, the legal system, government decrees, and the market, and to achieve political security, social stability, and people's tranquility. The mainland is a large developing country with a population of more than 1.4 billion, a vast territory, a large number of ethnic groups, and complex national conditions. Governance according to law is the most reliable and stable form of governance, and the Constitution is the general charter and general basis for governing according to law. To comprehensively promote Chinese-style modernization, we must give better play to the important role of the Constitution in governing the country, use the rule of law to liberate and enhance social vitality, promote social fairness and justice, maintain social harmony and stability, and ensure the long-term peace and stability of the country.

　　The constitution of the mainland embodies the common will of the Chinese nation, affirms the splendid culture jointly created by the Chinese people of all ethnic groups and the unified multi-ethnic state jointly created by the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, and is the fundamental law to ensure that the Chinese nation stands up, becomes rich, and becomes strong, and comprehensively promotes the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese-style modernization. In the more than 70 years since the founding of the People's Republic of China, our party has led the people to promote Chinese-style modernization and created two miracles that are rare in the world. First, the miracle of rapid economic development. The mainland has made great strides to catch up with the times, completed the industrialization process that developed countries have gone through for hundreds of years in a few decades, and has become the world's second largest economy, with a marked increase in its comprehensive national strength, scientific and technological strength, national defense strength, cultural influence, and international influence, and a marked improvement in the people's living standards, and the Chinese nation stands tall in the east of the world with a new attitude. The second is the miracle of long-term social stability. The mainland has maintained social harmony and stability for a long time, and its people live and work in peace and contentment, and has become one of the countries with the greatest sense of security recognized by the international community. Practice has fully proved that the implementation of the mainland constitution has effectively guaranteed that the people are masters of the country, effectively promoted reform, opening up, and socialist modernization, effectively promoted the process of a socialist country ruled by law, effectively promoted the development of human rights, and effectively safeguarded national unity, ethnic unity, and social stability. The Constitution of the mainland is a good constitution that conforms to the national conditions, conforms to reality, and meets the requirements of the development of the times, a good constitution that fully embodies the common will of the people, fully protects the people's democratic rights, and fully safeguards the fundamental interests of the people, a good constitution that promotes national development and progress, ensures that the people create a happy life, and ensures the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.

　　The report of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly pointed out: "Chinese-style modernization is socialist modernization under the leadership of the Communist Party of China. The party's leadership is the most essential feature of the mainland's constitution, the greatest advantage of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics, and the most fundamental guarantee of the socialist rule of law. In the form of the fundamental law of the state, the constitution of the mainland confirms the achievements made by the party in leading the people in revolution, construction, and reform, and establishes the party's position as the core of leadership formed in the course of history and the people's choice. Practice has fully proved that only the Communist Party of China can uphold the principle of building the party to serve the public and ruling for the people, fully carry forward democracy, lead the people in formulating a constitution that embodies the will of the people, and lead the people in implementing the constitution. To promote Chinese-style modernization, we must strengthen our self-confidence in the Chinese Constitution, in the guiding ideology, development path and goals established in the Constitution, in the leadership of the Communist Party of China and the socialist system on the mainland as confirmed by the Constitution, and in the advanced socialist culture created by the people under the leadership of our Party and in the splendid traditional culture of the Chinese nation.

　　Promote Chinese-style modernization through the full implementation of the Constitution

　　The life of the constitution lies in its implementation, and the authority of the constitution also lies in its implementation. To promote Chinese-style modernization, we must adhere to the rule of law and fully implement the Constitution. General Secretary Xi Jinping has repeatedly stressed that the full implementation of the Constitution is the primary task and basic work of comprehensively governing the country according to law and building a socialist country under the rule of law. To uphold the authority of the Constitution is to safeguard the authority of the common will of the Party and the people; To defend the dignity of the Constitution is to defend the dignity of the common will of the Party and the people; Ensuring the implementation of the Constitution means ensuring the realization of the fundamental interests of the people. As long as we respect and effectively implement the Constitution, there will be a guarantee that the people will be the masters of the country, and the cause of the party and the country will be able to develop smoothly. On the contrary, if the constitution is ignored, weakened, or even undermined, the people's rights and freedoms cannot be guaranteed, and the cause of the party and the country will suffer setbacks.

　　The constitution of the mainland is not only the general statute for governing the country and the country, but also the fundamental law of the country. As the general charter for governing the country and the country, the Constitution of the mainland confirms the fundamental political direction for promoting Chinese-style modernization, establishes the guiding ideology, fundamental tasks and goals of the state, embodies the common will and fundamental interests of the people, and is an important political program and political declaration. As the fundamental law, the Constitution is the foundation of the rule of law system, the "root of all laws", and the fundamental legal basis for promoting Chinese-style modernization. On the whole, the implementation of the mainland constitution is carried out through two ways: political and legal.

　　On the one hand, the Constitution is the most important political law, and the Party's leadership is the fundamental political guarantee for the implementation of the Constitution. In the implementation of the Constitution, it is necessary to uphold the party's leadership, rely on the strength of the masses of the people, and urge the people of all ethnic groups throughout the country, all state organs and armed forces, all political parties, all social organizations, and all enterprises and institutions to take the initiative to take the Constitution as the basis, act within the scope of the Constitution, and ensure the implementation of the Constitution in all aspects. Practice has fully proved that the mainland's constitution has played an important role in the practice of governing the country, effectively ensuring that all aspects of the state's work advances along the established path and goals, and avoiding subversive mistakes on various major issues of right and wrong.

　　On the other hand, the Constitution is the fundamental law of the country, the most important carrier of the country's rule of law system, and the most reliable general basis for national governance to maintain long-term, stable and authoritative. All state organs have the responsibility to implement the Constitution within the scope of their respective functions and powers, and must take the Constitution as the fundamental norm for their activities, and comprehensively bring all the work of the Party and the state into the orbit of the rule of law. To fully implement the Constitution, it is necessary to persist in the joint advancement of law-based governance, law-based governance, and law-based administration, persist in the integrated construction of a country under the rule of law, a government under the rule of law, and a society under the rule of law, and make overall plans to advance the construction of a system of legal norms, a system for the implementation of the rule of law, a system for the supervision of the rule of law, a system for the rule of law, and a system of intra-Party laws and regulations, so as to provide a rule of law plan for advancing Chinese-style modernization.

　　In short, in the process of promoting and expanding Chinese-style modernization in the new era, our party has summarized and applied historical experience, strengthened constitutional awareness, carried forward the spirit of the constitution, implemented the constitution, and had the courage to promote innovation in constitutional theory and constitutional practice, accumulated a lot of fresh experience, and wrote a new chapter in China's constitutional practice in the new era. At present, the mainland is in a critical period of realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation, the world is undergoing major changes unseen in a century, and the tasks of reform, development and stability are arduous and arduous. In the new era and new journey of building a modern socialist country in an all-round way, we must firmly safeguard the authority and dignity of the Constitution, promote the improvement and development of the Constitution, give better play to the important role of the Constitution in governing the country, and provide a solid guarantee for comprehensively promoting the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation with Chinese-style modernization.

　　(The author is a researcher at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and vice president of the Constitutional Law Research Association of the China Law Society)

Source: "China Social Sciences Daily" May 14, 2024 Issue 2892 Author: Zhai Guoqiang