党的十五大把依法治国作为党领导人民治理国家的基本方略确定下来,这是我们从人治向法治转变的一大进步。很清楚,依法治国是一项复杂的社会系统工程,其核心就是依法行政,而依法行政恰恰又是对各级政府机关(也称国家行政机关,下同)及其工作人员的基本要求。江泽民同志在十五大报告中强调:一切政府机 The 15th National Congress of the Communist Party of China has defined the basic principle of governing the country according to law as the party’s principle of leading the people in governing the country. This is a great improvement in our transformation from rule of man to rule of law. It is clear that governing the country according to law is a complicated social system project whose core is administration according to law and that administration by law is just the basic requirement of government agencies at all levels (also known as the state administrative organs and the same below) and their staff. In his report to the 15th National Congress, Comrade Jiang Zemin emphasized: All government machines