本文简述了我国法治从人民民主法制到社会主义法制,再到社会主义法治的发展历程,以及将依法治国确立为治国基本方略的重大意义,提出并论述了依法治国所应当包括的四项基本要求,从而与社会主义法制的“十六字方针”区别开来,对如何贯彻落实依法治国基本方略提出了若干独到的见解。 This article outlines the development of the rule of law in our country from the people’s democracy and legal system to the socialist legal system to the socialist legal system and the great significance of establishing the country according to law as the basic strategy of running the country and proposes and discusses the four basic principles that should be included in governing the country according to law Requirements, so as to be distinguished from the “sixteen-character principle” of the socialist legal system and put forward some unique insights on how to implement the basic strategy of governing the country according to law.