编者按:10月20日至23日,中国共产党第十八届中央委员会第四次全体会议在北京召开。会议审议通过了《中共中央关于全面推进依法治国若干重大问题的决定》。决定指出,依法治国的总目标是建设中国特色社会主义法治体系,建设社会主义法治国家。为了更好地学习、理解决定提出的“中国特色社会主义法治体系”、“法治国家”建设等内容,本刊特整理了系列文章。 Editor’s note: From October 20 to 23, the 4th plenary session of the 18th CPC Central Committee was held in Beijing. The meeting reviewed and approved the Decision of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Several Major Issues in Ruling the Country by Law. The decision pointed out that the general goal of governing the country according to law is to establish a socialist system of rule of law with Chinese characteristics and build a socialist country governed by the rule of law. In order to better study and understand the contents of the “rule of law system of socialism with Chinese characteristics” and the “state building under the rule of law” that have been decided upon, we have compiled a series of articles.