2001年1月,江泽民同志在全国宣传部长会议上提出了“以德治国”的重要思想,进而在“七一”讲话中又作了重申。回顾党的历史,这是首次把这一重要思想作为治国方略并相对“依法治国”而提出,表现了一个马克思主义政党的真知灼见和科学精神。德治与法治,虽然范畴不同,但其地位和功能却同样重要。时下,有些人爱赶时尚却失之偏颇。他们把“德治”仅仅理解为道德建设,热哀于社区的道德行为规范。更有个别人荒唐至极,认为在社会转型期,重典治乱还来不及,德治岂能奏效? In January 2001, at the national propaganda ministerial meeting, Comrade Jiang Zemin put forward the important idea of ​​“governing the country with morals” and reiterated it in his speech on “July 1”. Recalling the history of the party, this is the first time that this important thought has been put forward as a strategy for running the country and “governing the country according to law.” It shows the true insights and scientific spirit of a Marxist political party. Although the rule of virtue and the rule of law are of a different category, their status and function are equally important. Nowadays, some people love to catch the fashion but lost the bias. They regard “moral governance” only as moral construction, which laments in the moral norms of the community. There are even more absurd people who think that in the period of social transformation, it will not be too long before the Constitutional Monopoly and the moral rule can work?