The Rule of Law in Foreign-Related Affairs and Associated Talent Cultivation in China

Advancing the rule of law in domestic and foreign-related affairs in a coordinated manner is a significant strategic measure put forward by the Communist Party of China and the Chinese government amid global changes of a magnitude not seen in a century.It is an important content of XI Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law and also a new practice facing China's highlevel opening up.To further explore and clarify the basic theory and approach of cultivating high-quality talents in the rule of law in foreign-related affairs,this article analyzes and summarizes the practice of foreign-related rule of law in the context of globalization.This is done from the perspectives of territory,normative,subject,and legal application dimensions.Key factors include the significant differences in official languages and legal cultures between jurisdictions,the closure of the legal profession admission mechanisms,and the inter-disciplinary requirements for talents praticing the rule of law in foreignrelated affairs.For this reason,the path for talent cultivation in this field in China for the new era can be explored through clarifying requirements for training and qualification,strengthening international cooperation,and building a multi-level mechanism for the cultivation and utilization of talents practicing the rule of law in foreign-related affairs.

Improving the Law Teaching System

To cultivate high-quality rule-of-law talents, XI Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law must be fully carried out, the spirit of the Opinions on Strengthening Law Education and Law Theory Research in the New Era must be implemented, the law teaching system must be improved, and the paths of talent cultivation must be optimized. The first is improving the ideological and political education and legal professional ethics education, teaching the ideological and political courses and legal professional ethics courses well in line with the essence of “bringing out the facts and reasons,” and doing an excellent job in ideological and political theory teaching in all courses from the perspective of all persons, the whole process, and all-around education. The second is improving the multi-level law education and teaching system and quality certification system, supporting and developing legal vocational education, consolidating undergraduate law education, boosting graduate law education, and developing professional degree education in law. The third is improving the curriculum system for law majors, accelerating the construction of courses reflecting the achievements in the practice of state governance and administration in the new era, such as the science of intra-Party regulations, the science of oversight law, and social governance jurisprudence, and so on, exploring the availability of the characteristic new course “science of field law,” and setting up diversified major-oriented modules to accommodate a large number of new courses. The fourth is improving the practical teaching and cooperative education system, adapting to the new form and requirement of “internet + education” to innovate education and teaching methods and means, strengthening the cooperation between law schools and rule-of-law work departments and legal service providers, enhancing education through work practice, and improving the in-service education system for rule-of-law talents.

On the Theory of Chinese Legal Education in the New Era

The Central Committee of the Community Party of China with Comrade XI Jinping at its core has made strategic thinking and top-level design for Chinese legal education in the new era, put forward a series of new concepts, ideas and strategies that are epochal, iconic, and original, and created a scientific and modernized theory of Chinese legal education in the new era. The theory on Chinese legal education for the new era, as an important part of XI Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, profoundly answers significant questions about the orientation, goal, status, relationship, management, and system of Chinese legal education in the new era, and guides us to build a leading country in legal education.