“以德治国”是以江泽民同志为核心的党的第三代领导集体在我国步入２１世纪的新的发展时期所提出来的。江泽民同志在全国宣传部长会议上的讲话中指出：我们在建设有中国特色社会主义，发展社会主义市场经济的过程中，要坚持不懈地加强社会主义道德建设，以德治国。这一思想， “Governing the Country by Virtue” is the third-generation leadership collective of the Party with Comrade Jiang Zemin as the core put forward in the new development period when our country entered the 21st century. In his speech at the National Propaganda Ministerial Meeting, Comrade Jiang Zemin pointed out: In building socialism with Chinese characteristics and developing socialist market economy, we must unswervingly strengthen the socialist morality and administer the country by virtue. This idea,