依法治国,建设社会主义法治国家,是党领导人民治理国家的基本方略。党的十八大以来,以习近平同志为核心的党中央更加注重法治在现代化建设和国家治理中的重要作用,明确提出全面依法治国、加快建设社会主义法治国家的战略任务,并把全面依法治国提到“四个全面”战略布局的高度,开辟了全面依法治国理论和实践的新境界,开启了加快建设社会主义法治国家的新征程。本期特别策划对党的十八大以来 Governing the country according to law and building a socialist country governed by the rule of law are the basic strategies the party leads the people in governing the country. Since the 18th CPC National Congress, the party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has placed greater emphasis on the important role of the rule of law in modernization and state governance. It has clearly set forth the strategic task of governing the country in full accordance with the law and accelerating the building of a socialist country ruled by law. Referring to the height of the “four comprehensive” strategic layout, we have opened up a new realm of the theory and practice of governing the country in accordance with the law in all aspects and opened the new course for accelerating the building of a socialist country under the rule of law. This special planning for the party since the 18th