依法治国与国家治理现代化

Rule of Law and the Modernization of State Governance

十八届三中全会提出推进国家治理现代化,十八届四中全会又提出全面推进依法治国,"国家治理现代化"与"依法治国"是什么关系?本文基于国家盒子里的系统分析,在考察和概括现代国家治理经验的基础上,提出"法治"是现代国家治理的主要标志,认为"依法治国"作为中央全会的核心主题具有标志意义,它表明执政当局对现代政治文明核心价值的认知和认可,也展示了执政党将中国国家治理纳入法治轨道的决心,同时预示了中国政府将把法治建设作为下一步改革重点的政策方向。作为对中国政治的一种观察,文章还提醒,尽管"依法治国"令人鼓舞,但要真正实现法治的有效运转,中国还需要走很长的路。

It is set forth in the Third Plenary Session of the Eighteenth CPC Central Committee to push on the modernization of state governance and the Fourth Plenary Session to comprehensively advance the rule of law.So,what kind of relation is between ＂modernization of state governance＂and ＂rule of law＂？ This paper,based on systematic analysis of state governance,probes into and sums up the experiences of modern countries in governance. The author thinks that＂rule of law＂is a main indicator of modern state governance,and＂rule of law＂,as the core theme of the plenary session of the CPC Central Committee,has symbolic meaning for it indicates the governing authority’s cognition and acceptance of the core value of modern political civilization,exhibits the ruling party’s determination to move the state governance of China onto the rail of rule of law,and predicts that the Chinese government will treat legal construction as a key direction for the next stage of reform. As an observation of Chinese politics,this paper reminds us that,though the concept of rule of law is inspiring,there is a long distance from the articulation of the concept to its actual realization in China.