Vice-minister of Justice urges focus on socialist system of rule by law

Xiong Xuanguo, vice-minister of Justice

Xiong Xuanguo, vice-minister of Justice, called for a focus on socialist  legal system research on Nov 4 in an expert review seminar on legal  theoretical research and the rule of law.

Xiong  pointed out that the legal connotation of socialism with Chinese characteristics was expounded in the report of the 19th CPC National  Congress and supporting measures for deepening judicial system reform  were also proposed.

Xiong indicated that the Ministry of Justice and the legal field have common origins. Judicial administration reform must  be alert to the guiding functions of theory, especially in urgent  problems in public legal service system construction and distribution  and optimization of judicial administration power, both of which have  theoretical and practical dimensions.

To  give full play to the guiding role of research projects in national  legal construction and theoretical research, it's necessary to  explicitly define their orientation, according to Xiong.

It's  necessary to adapt to the new condition of rule by law, clarify  research priorities and orientation and focus on major theoretical and  practical issues about socialist legal system construction, judicial  reform and judicial administration reform, Xiong said. 

He  also advocated transformation of research achievements and increased  publicity for theoretical research achievements of the Ministry of  Justice into an important platform for judicial reform and further study.