The Interpretation of Promoting the Reform by the Rule of Law

The proposition about condensing the reform consensus by the way of the rule of law and then promoting the reform is the repositioning of the relationship about the rule of law and the reform. This is not only to enhance the rule of law in the political and economic position,but also the next step of reform's guiding ideology. The important task of the theory of law is that understanding the rule of law and then straightening the relationship about the rule of law and the reform,avoiding falling into the reform of the transition trapand resolving thestructural tensionrelationship between the power and the right. The rule of law is not the tool ofyou rule meorI rule you,but a decision-making about rational thinking of public governance. Reform and the rule of law are the ways of resolving social conflicts,but the separation of the two ways may bring about deviation,because the stagnated form and the violent reform may intensify social contradictions. The rigid rule of law will not only slow down the pace ofreform,but could also strengthen the inherent contradictions. China not only needs to be reformed,but also needs the rule of law. Reform needs to commence within the framework of the rule of law,and we need to understand the implication ofways to promote the rule of law reformin the triple relationships about reform,rule of law and the society.