十八届三中全会、四中全会相继提出“法治国家、法治政府、法治社会一体建设”重大课题,加快推进法治社会形成,是依法治国方略向由国家和政府层面向社会层面的深化,是党的群众路线在法治工作的具体落实。法治社会的形成是全面依法治国战略取得成功的关键,探讨法治社会的基本特征以及法治社会形成的基础与前提,有助于法治社会的加快形成。 The Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee and the Fourth Plenary Session of the Chinese People’s Government have successively put forth major issues such as “building the country under the rule of law, the government under the rule of law and the one with the rule of law” and accelerating the formation of a society ruled by law. This is the deepening of the strategy of governing the country according to law to the social level Is the concrete implementation of the party’s mass line work on the rule of law. The formation of a society ruled by law is the key to the success of a comprehensive strategy of governing the country according to law. The basic characteristics of a society ruled by law and the foundation and premise of the formation of a society ruled by law are also discussed. This will help speed up the formation of a society ruled by law.