自从党的十六大把改革和完善党的领导方式和执政方式的重要内容确立为“坚持依法执政”之后,中国共产党对依法执政给予了高度的关注。但是想要推进党依法执政,首先必须更新依法执政的基本内涵。关于依法执政的基本内涵从党的十六大以来一直没有改变,直到党的十八届四中全会才对依法执政提出了新的内涵。 Since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has established the important content of reforming and improving the party’s leadership style and governing style as “insisting that” administering the country according to law ", the CPC gives great attention to the ruling by law. However, if we want to push the party to rule by law, we must first of all update the basic connotation of governing by law. The basic connotation of governing by law has not changed since the 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. Until the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee proposed a new connotation to govern by law.