党的十六大明确提出依法治国的基本方略,这是我国从人治走向民主法治的重要标志。依法治国要求领导者必须依法领导,依法领导是实现依法治国的关键。各级领导机关和领导者都要从巩固我们共产党的执政地位,维护国家政权的高度,根据人民民主专政的社会主义国家的性质,全面、深刻地 The 16th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly put forward the basic strategy of governing the country according to law, which is an important symbol of our country’s transition from a people’s government to a democratic law and order. To rule the country according to law requires that leaders must be led according to law and that leadership by law is the key to realizing the principle of governing the country according to law. The leading organs and leaders at all levels must, from the perspective of consolidating the ruling position of our Communist Party and safeguarding the state power and according to the nature of the socialist country under the people’s democratic dictatorship, comprehensively and profoundly