法治是人类政治文明的重要成果,是实现社会公平正义的基石和根本途径,也是衡量一国文明程度的重要标尺。从世界历史发展规律来看,可以总结出这样一个发展规律,即一国现代化的过程必然也是一国法治化的过程。就我国自身情况而言,自党的十五大将“依法治国”确立为基本方略以来,经过近二十年的发展,我国在法治的道路上获得了较为长足的发展,无论是在立法、执法、司法抑或是公民的法治观念等方面,都取得了一些可喜的成绩。党的十八届四中全会更是明确了全面推进依法治国的 The rule of law is an important achievement of human political civilization, a cornerstone and a fundamental way to achieve social fairness and justice, and an important measure of the degree of civilization of a country. Judging from the laws governing the development of world history, we can conclude with such a law of development that the process of the modernization of a country must also be the process of rule of law in a country. In the light of our own situation, since the establishment of the 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China as the basic principle of “administering the country according to law,” after nearly two decades of development, our country has enjoyed relatively considerable development on the road to rule of law. Legislation, law enforcement, justice or the concept of citizenship of the rule of law and so on, have made some gratifying achievements. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee made it clear that the principle of governing the country according to law is to be comprehensively promoted