在今年6月底召开的全国人大常委会上,博弈多时、历经四审的劳动合同法终于成功通过,公众关注的就业促进法草案亦接受了二审。种种迹象表明,社会领域立法正呈现全面提速之势,这既是对日趋严峻的民生问题的直接回应,也是对以往失衡的立法天平的有力纠正。有理由相信,随着公平、正义等理念成为社会的主流价值,将有越来越多的社会法进入公共视野,实现中国立法的一次历史性转型。社会立法兴起于怎样的时代语境?应当坚守怎样的立法品格?“中国特色”的社会立法如何填补以往的立法空白?如何改造社会的精神气质……这些看似宏大的命题,其实与普通百姓息息相关,因为关注社会立法,就是关注社会的和谐与进步,关注生活的权利与安全,关注我们每个人未来的命运。本专题系列报道分为四个部分,本期刊登系列报道之一、之二。 At the NPC Standing Committee held at the end of June this year, the game lasted for a long time. The labor contract law, which went through the fourth instance, was finally passed. The draft law on employment promotion, which is a public concern, also accepted the second instance. There are indications that legislation in the social field is showing an overall speed-up trend. This not only serves as a direct response to the increasingly serious livelihood issue but also provides a powerful correction to the imbalanced legislative balance in the past. There are reasons to believe that as the concept of fairness and justice become the mainstream value of the society, more and more social laws will enter the public field of vision and realize a historic transition of Chinese legislation. What kind of legislative character should be adhered to? How can the social legislation of “Chinese characteristics” fill the blank of the previous legislation and how to reform the moral character of society? These seemingly ambitious propositions actually Ordinary people are closely interdependent. Because paying attention to social legislation is concerned with social harmony and progress, paying attention to the rights and security of life and paying attention to the destiny of each of us in the future. This series of articles is divided into four parts, this issue of a series of articles reported one, two.