江泽民同志在党的十五大报告中．从建设有中国特色的社会主义政治，继续推进政治体制改革的高度，第一次把“依法治国，建设社会主义国家”作为党领导人民治理国家的基本方略郑重地提了出来。这是社会主义民主法制建设新的里程碑，是治国方略的重大进步。一、依法治国的理论依 Comrade Jiang Zemin in the report of the party’s 15th congress. From the perspective of building socialist politics with Chinese characteristics and continuing to promote the reform of the political system, for the first time, we have solemnly mentioned the basic principle of “governing the country by law and building a socialist country” as the party’s principle of leading the people in administering the country. This is a new milestone in the building of a socialist democracy and legal system and a major step forward in the strategy of governing the country. First, the theory of governing the country according to law