党的十八届四中全会审议通过的《中共中央关于全面推进依法治国若干重大问题的决定》(以下简称《决定》),提出了全面推进依法治国的总目标和重大任务,深刻回答了在当今中国建设什么样的法治国家、怎样建设社会主义法治国家等一系列重大理论和实践问题,为坚持走中国特色社会主义法治道路提供了根本遵循,指明了前进方向。一、我国法治建设步入崭新的历史阶段,站在了新的历史起点上 The “Decision of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Government on Several Major Issues in Ruling the Country by Law” (hereinafter referred to as “the Decision”) passed by the Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee General Assembly put forward the overall goal and major task of ruling the country by law in an all-round way. The series of major theoretical and practical issues such as what kind of rule of law China is building now and how to build a socialist country under the rule of law have provided a fundamental follow-up to the road of governing the law with socialism with Chinese characteristics and pointed out the way forward. First, the construction of the rule of law in our country has entered a brand-new historical stage and stood at a new historical starting point