一、几年来律师刑事辩护工作取得了新的发展，在促进司法公正，维护社会稳定中发挥了重要作用 四年前的１１月份，也是在昆明，司法部召开了全国律师刑事辩护工作会议。四年来，我国的民主和法制建设在江泽民总书记提出的依法治国，建设社会主义法治国家的方略的指引下，步入了 I. Lawyers’ criminal defense work has made new progress in recent years and played an important role in promoting judicial fairness and maintaining social stability Four years ago in November and also in Kunming, the Ministry of Justice held a national lawyer’s criminal defense work conference. In the past four years, under the guidance of General Secretary Jiang Zemin’s principle of governing the country according to law and building a socialist country under the rule of law, China’s democracy and legal construction have entered into