依法治国

依法治國

yīfǎzhìguó

phrase

Meanings

1 to govern the country according to law
2 rule of law (as a CCP political slogan)

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Examples

依法治国是国家治理的基本方略。

Yīfǎ zhìguó shì guójiā zhìlǐ de jīběn fānglüè.

Rule-of-law governance is the basic strategy of state governance.

党的十八届四中全会的主题就是依法治国。

Dǎng de Shíbā Jiè Sì Zhōng Quánhuì de zhǔtí jiùshì yīfǎ zhìguó.

The theme of the CCP's Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee was governing the country by law.

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history

Written into the PRC Constitution in 1999. Elevated as the headline theme of the Party's 18th Central Committee Fourth Plenum (October 2014) under Xi Jinping, which made 全面依法治国 ('comprehensively governing the country according to law') one of the 'Four Comprehensives' — 四个全面.

Stroke Order

依 yī

法 fǎ

治 zhì

国 guó