Historic step for rule of law

THE FOURTH PLENUM OF THE 18TH CENTRAL Committee of the Communist Party of China, which ended on Thursday, has made it clear that governance according to law will have institutional guarantee.

Institutional guarantee is the supremacy of the Constitution, which for the first time has been emphasized as the core of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics in an important Party document.

The communiqu�� issued by the Fourth Plenum says that abiding by the Constitution is a prerequisite for establishing the rule of law in the country. An institution should be established for the implementation of the Constitution and so should a system to ensure that citizens' rights stipulated in the Constitution are protected.