一、推进农村法治进程的因素 十五届三中全会关于农业和农村工作问题的决定指出:农村改革已经20年,20年来,农民的生活水平显著提高,农民的思想观念顺应时代要求发生着深刻变化,农村精神文明和民主法制建设取得了明显进步。我们认为,推动农村民主法制建设明显进步的具体原因和主要表现是: I. Factors for Promoting the Process of the Rule of Law in Rural Areas The decision made by the Third Plenary Session of the 15th CPC Central Committee on agricultural and rural work points out that in the past 20 years since the rural reform, the standard of living of peasants has risen significantly over the past 20 years. Peasants’ thinking has followed the demands of the times Changes, rural spiritual civilization and democratic legal system have made significant progress. In our opinion, the concrete reasons and major manifestations of promoting the democratic construction of the legal system in rural areas are: