中国的“普法”事业,从开创至今已经走过了二十年历程。从“一五普法”到“四五普法”,从普及法律常识到普及法律知识,它伴随中国法治建设的发展取得了辉煌的成就,也存在着一些值得改进的地方。“五五普法”将走向何方,为世人所瞩目。如何树立社会主义现代法治理念,将成为新一轮“普法”的重点,中国的“普法”事业从内容、形式到要求,都将发生重大的转变。为此,本刊特约请中共中央党校、中国人民大学、西南政法大学、重庆市委党校的几位法学专家,就中国“普法”问题开展一次笔谈,以期引起社会的关注。这次笔谈的要目如下:□中国“普法”二十年:回顾与前瞻□“普法”的重点是帮助各级领导干部树立现代法治观念□从“受体”的立场与视角看“普法”的限度□二十年“普法”与宪法及其完善 China’s “law popularization” career, from its inception has gone through 20 years of history. From the “First Five-Year Law Popularization” to the “Fourth Five-Year Law Popularization”, from popularizing legal common sense to popularizing legal knowledge, it has made brilliant achievements along with the development of China’s rule of law and has some areas worthy of improvement. “Fifth Five-year Popularization” will go to the world for the attention. How to establish the socialist modern concept of the rule of law will become the focus of the new round of “law popularization.” China’s “popularization” cause will undergo a major change from content and form to its requirements. To this end, we specifically invite the Central Party School, the Chinese People’s University, Southwest University of Political Science and Law, Chongqing Municipal Party School several legal experts on China’s “popularization” issue a written discussion with a view to arouse the community’s attention. The main points of this writing are as follows: □ 20 years of “China’s popularization law”: retrospect and forward-looking □ The focus of the “populace law” is to help leading cadres at all levels to establish the notion of a modern law-ruiding □ From the position and perspective of “acceptor” Twenty years of “universal law” and the Constitution and its perfection