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Improve the level of legalization in national defense and military construction
Commentator of the People's Liberation Army Daily
The rule of law is the basic way for our party to build and govern the military. It is necessary to build a military rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, promote the fundamental transformation of military governance methods, and improve the level of rule of law in national defense and military construction.
On December 26, 2020, the newly revised National Defense Law was reviewed and approved. Before and after that, a series of military laws and regulations, such as the Common Doctrine, the Armed Police Law, the Regulations of the CPC on Military Party Building, the Outline of Joint Operations, the Regulations on Military Political Work, the Regulations on Military Logistics, the Regulations on Military Equipment, the Law on the Protection of Retired Soldiers, the Law on the Protection of Military Status and Rights and Interests, and the Military Service Law, were issued intensively, and the military rule of law system with Chinese characteristics was becoming increasingly complete.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has included the rule of law in the overall plan of comprehensively governing the country according to law. The Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has made important deployments on the rule of law in the military, and the Central Military Commission has specially formulated decisions to further promote the rule of law and strict military governance under the new situation. The Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to implement the strategy of governing the military according to law. The People's Army is accelerating the construction of a military rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, accelerating the fundamental transformation of military governance methods, adhering to the strict implementation of the rule of law and strict military discipline, and making significant progress in the practice of governing the military according to law.
A modern army is inevitably a rule of law army. Rule of law is the basic way for our Party to build and govern the military, and it is an inevitable requirement for achieving the Party's goal of building a strong military in the new era. To implement the strategy of governing the military according to law, it is necessary to adhere to the absolute leadership of the Party over the military, adhere to the standard of combat effectiveness, adhere to the construction of a military rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, transform the way of governing the military in accordance with the requirements of the rule of law, adhere to the iron law of strict military governance, seize the "key minority" of leading cadres, adhere to the main position of officers and soldiers, adhere to the requirements of comprehensive rule of law, improve the level of rule of law in national defense and military construction, and provide strong legal guarantees for promoting the cause of strengthening the military.
Promote development and ensure good governance through good laws. To build a military rule of law system with Chinese characteristics, it is necessary to innovate and develop the theory and practice of governing the military according to law, form a comprehensive, rigorous and efficient military regulatory system, military rule of law implementation system, military rule of law supervision system, and military rule of law guarantee system, and accelerate the process of legal governance in our military.
The law must be obeyed, and the rule of law must be believed in. We need to strengthen the belief and thinking of the rule of law in the entire military, deepen the promotion and education of the rule of law, incorporate rule of law education and training into the military education and training system, make cultivating the spirit of the rule of law an important part of building a strong military culture, and guide the vast number of officers and soldiers to internalize the rule of law into political beliefs and moral cultivation, and externalize it into behavioral norms and conscious actions. Enhance the legal literacy of officers and soldiers, safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, and rely on the joint construction, enforcement, and maintenance of the rule of law by all military officers and soldiers.
Improving the level of rule of law in national defense and military construction requires a profound transformation in the way the military is governed, achieving a fundamental transformation from relying solely on administrative orders to administering according to law, from relying solely on habits and experience to relying on laws and regulations to carry out work, from a surprise and mobile approach to working in accordance with regulations and rules, and forming a good situation where the Party committee makes decisions in accordance with the law, the organs provide guidance in accordance with the law, the troops act in accordance with the law, and the officers and soldiers perform their duties in accordance with the law.
The key to governing the military in accordance with the law is to govern officials and exercise power in accordance with the law. All levels, especially leading cadres, should take the lead in respecting the law, abiding by the law, and using the law. They should have a sense of fear, caution in their words, and restraint in their actions, and consciously become leaders in governing the military in accordance with the law. Efforts should be made to study laws, regulations, and rules, clarify legal red lines, strictly follow principles, policies, rules, and procedures, use power correctly, prudently, and cleanly according to rules, and incorporate problem-solving, decision-making, and handling into the track of the rule of law to ensure that power operates on the track of the rule of law.
The rule of law in the military relies on the joint efforts of the entire army. All levels, especially high-level organizations, should transform their functions, work styles, and work methods to improve work efficiency and organizational effectiveness. Make great efforts to rectify the "five excess" and improve the scientific and effective guidance of work. Improve modern management level, strictly manage military education, prevent and overcome subjective arbitrariness in work, prevent and overcome lax management, loose work style, and discipline, and maintain the normal order of military readiness, training, work, and life.
The more modern and informationized the military is, the more it needs to be legalized. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China proposed to strengthen the construction of the mechanism for governing the military according to law and strategic planning, and improve the military rule of law system with Chinese characteristics. The entire army must fully implement the strategy of governing the military according to law, coordinate the overall situation, highlight key points, and use key breakthroughs to drive overall progress. We need to deepen military legislation, fight the battle of policy and system reform, implement regulations and systems well, strengthen supervision of their implementation, strengthen the rule of law in foreign-related military affairs, and promote the development of our military's revolutionary, modernization, and regularization construction to a higher level.
