AcceleratingtheDevelopmentofaSocialistLaw-BasedGovernmentwithChineseCharacteristicsbyMaKaiFrom:EnglishEditionofQiushiJournalVol.4No.2April1,2012|Updated:2012-07-0414:49TheCPCCentralCommitteeandtheStateCouncilhaveplacedgreatemphasisonpromotingadministrationandgovernanceinaccordancewiththelaThePartysetforththeimportanttaskofpromotinggovernmentadministrationinaccordancewiththelawatitsSixteenthNationalCongress.InMarch2004,theStateCouncilissuedtheOutlineforPromotingLaw-BasedAdministrationinanAll-RoundWay,whichdefinedthegoalofpromotingthebuildingofa“law-basedgovernment”forthefirsttime.Weshouldbefullyawareofthegreatsignificanceofpromotinggovernmentadministrationinaccordancewiththelaw,andengageinaconstantefforttopromotethefulfillmentofthisstrategictask.I.Theessentialrequirementsandgreatsignificanceofbuildingasocialistlaw-basedgovernmentwithChinesecharacteristicsTheruleoflawistheoppositeformoftheruleofman.Thebirthoftheruleoflawrepresentsamajoraccomplishmentinthedevelopmentofhumancivilizationoverthousandsofyears.Asaformofsuperstructure,thecharacteristicsoftheruleoflawmayvaryaccordingtotheeconomicfoundation,politicalsystem,historyandcultureofthecountryinquestion.Thesocialistlaw-basedgovernmentwithChinesecharacteristicscombinescharacteristicscommontoalllaw-basedgovernmentsandcharacteristicsuniquetoChina.Intermsofgenerality,thesocialistlaw-basedgovernmentwithChinesecharacteristicsdemonstratesthegeneralfeaturesassociatedwiththeruleoflaThefundamentalrequirementoftheruleoflawisthatalladministrativeactivitiesaresubjecttothenormsandconstraintsofthelaThisensuresthattheuseofpowerconformstothewillandtheinterestsdefinedbythelaw,preventingtheexpansionandabuseofpower.Inthisway,---本文来源于网络，仅供参考，勿照抄，如有侵权请联系删除---thelegalrightsandinterestsofcitizens,legalentities,andotherorganizationscanberealizedandsafeguarded.Thisfundamentalrequirementclearlydefinestherelationshipbetweenthegovernmentandthelawandtherelationshipbetweenthegovernmentandcitizens.Theruleoflawputsthelawbeforegovernments.Governmentactivitiesmayonlybecarriedoutwithintheboundariesofthelaw,notoutsideoraboveit.Moreover,theruleoflawalsoputscitizensbeforegovernments.Agovernmentbasedontheruleoflawisrequiredtorealizeandsafeguardthelegalrightsandinterestsofcitizens,andisforbiddenfromviolatingorinfringingtheselegalrightsandinterests.Itisthusclearthattheruleoflawfirstandforemostemphasizesthatthegovernment,andnotjustcitizens,mustabidebythelaInmorespecificterms,theessentialrequirementsoftheruleoflawaredemonstratedbythefollowingfivebasicfeatures.First,theadministrativeorgansmustbeestablishedinaccordancewiththelaThisisaprerequisiteofgovernmentadministrationaccordingtolaThelawmustprovidefortheestablishmentofadministrativeorgansandthestaffingofsuchorgans,andtherebythegovernmentisforbiddenfromestablishingadministrativeorgansorexpandingthescaleofexistingstaffarbitrarily.Second,alladministrativepowermustbederivedfromthelaThisisthekeytoexercisingtheruleoflaAlladministrativepowermustbeauthorizedbyeitherthelawortheinstitutionsofstatepower.Inotherwords,anadministrativeorgancannotexerciseapowerthathasnotbeengrantedtoitbythelaThird,administrativeproceduresmustbedeterminedinaccordancewiththelaThisisaconditionforgovernmentadministrationinaccordancewiththelaNotonlymustadministrativepowerbeacquiredandappliedonthebas...