推进司法改革是落实以法治国方略、确保司法机关依法独立公正地行使司法权力的重要保障。立足中国现实、借鉴吸收外国司法有益成果、研究和运用司法制度的一般属性,对推进司法改革、保证司法的公正和效率具有重要的意义。一、正确把握司法制度的民主性,保障最广大人民群众的民主权利。司法制度的民主性,简言之就是在法律的适用和执行上保护公民权利、让公民参与司法过程。司 Promoting judicial reform is an important guarantee for implementing the strategy of governing the country by law and for ensuring that judicial organs independently and justly exercise their judicial power according to law. Based on China’s reality, drawing lessons from the beneficial achievements of foreign jurisdictions and studying and applying the general attributes of the judicial system are of great significance to promoting judicial reform and ensuring the fairness and efficiency of the judiciary. First, we must correctly grasp the democratic nature of the judicial system and safeguard the democratic rights of the broadest masses of people. The democratic nature of the judicial system, in short, protects the rights of citizens in the application and enforcement of laws and allows citizens to participate in the judicial process. Division