中国共产党对“以德治国”的认识经历了两个阶段。建国初期 ,党和政府即提出了基本的道德标准。自改革开放以来 ,党和政府确立了基本的道德规范。在建立社会主义市场经济体制过程中 ,江泽民同志适时地提出了“以德治国”的基本方略 ,这是对治国方略的重大发展。落实以德治国的方略如同落实以法治国的方略一样 ,任重而道远。 The Communist Party of China has undergone two stages of its understanding of “governing the country by virtue”. In the early days of the founding of New China, the party and government proposed the basic moral standards. Since the reform and opening up, the party and government have established basic ethics. In the course of establishing a socialist market economic system, Comrade Jiang Zemin put forward the basic plan of “governing the country with virtue” in due course. This is a major development of the strategy for governing the country. The implementation of the strategy of governing the country with the rule of ethics is just as much a long way to go as the implementation of the strategy of governing the country by law.