Zhang Jun shared with about 200 local legal practitioners the achievements of China’s rule of law since China’s reform and opening up at a lecture by the Singapore Attorney-General’s Office last night.(The Straits Times)
Zhang Jun emphasized that the rule of law in China has its own characteristics, and the fundamental difference from the rule of law in the West is the leadership of the Communist Party of China.The interests of the leadership of the CCP and the law are completely consistent.
Zhang Jun, Chief Procurator of China's Supreme People's Procuratorate, said that China's rapid economic development and overall social stability cannot be separated from the rule of law, and the rule of law in China has its own characteristics. The fundamental difference from the rule of law in the West is the leadership of the Communist Party of China.
Zhang Jun emphasized that the interests of the CCP's leadership and the law are completely consistent.He said that practice over the past 40 years has proved that under the leadership of the CCP under the long-term one-party rule, the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics has its own characteristics, and there are some things in common with the rule of law in other countries-democracy, rule of law, fairness and justice.
Zhang Jun shared with about 200 local legal practitioners the achievements of China’s rule of law since China’s reform and opening up at a lecture by the Singapore Attorney-General’s Office last night.
The party constitution of the Communist Party of China has recently been written into the articles of association of state-owned listed companies. The outside world is concerned about whether this will conflict with the law.In response to relevant questions, Zhang Jun said that the obligations of CCP members specifically stipulate that party members should model and abide by the laws and regulations of the country.Ordinary citizens are fine as long as they don’t break the law, but party members can’t, they must be exemplary.
He explained that the CCP’s party discipline and constitution are stricter than national laws, and have higher requirements for the behavioral norms of party members, just as in morality, social norms stipulated by religion are stricter than secular laws.
Faced with all kinds of doubts about China's rule of law society and the rule of law, Zhang Jun said: If this is the case, how can our reform and opening up be so deep?Not only economically, but also socially and politically are deepening reforms.How can foreign businessmen enter with confidence, and how can our enterprises go out in a standardized and orderly manner?
With regard to Western countries pointing out China's human rights issues, he said that for a period of time, China's primary task was to solve the problem of food and clothing. Now that the people's livelihood is initially resolved, it is natural to face the issue of human rights.This was not imposed by others, but by the CCP on its own shoulders.
He pointed out that the CCP has long been aware of the issue of the rule of law. In 1997, it proposed to build a socialist country ruled by law, and in 1999, building a country ruled by law and protecting human rights were written into the Constitution.
He summed up the achievements of China's rule of law society construction and said that China only enacted its first criminal law in 1978. In 40 years, civil law, administrative law, property law, company law, and contract law have all been improved.solve.
He said that when the lawyer system was just restored in 1979, there were only a few thousand lawyers. After 40 years, there are now more than 370,000 lawyers, and it is still growing steadily.
Regarding the challenges that China's rule of law will face in the future, Zhang Jun believes that it is the cultivation of civic awareness in Chinese civil society.He explained that although the 5,000-year continuous history of Chinese civilization is China’s advantage, it sometimes affects the formation of modernization concepts. A distinctive feature of Chinese history is the rule of man.change.
Zhang Jun served in the Disciplinary Committee of the CPC Central Committee from 2013 to 2017. He believes that the anti-corruption campaign since 2013 has achieved unimaginable anti-corruption results in 2013 and 2014.He said that 400 cadres at the provincial and ministerial level and above, and at the central level have been sacked. Not a single case, which we consider to be a crime of corruption, cannot be investigated for various reasons.
But he also admitted that although corruption has decreased, the stock still exists and the increase still occurs.This is normal and natural. Don't expect to completely solve the problem of corruption in one or two five years. That is a naive fantasy.
Singapore Attorney-General Huang Lusheng said yesterday that the invitation of Zhang Jun to the lecture by the Attorney-General's Office this year is of great significance, because 2018 marks the 30th year of close ties between the prosecution agencies of Singapore and China. In the past 30 years, the prosecutors of the two countries have jointly cracked down on cross-borderCollaboration on criminal and international legal cooperation matters.
The Attorney-General's Chambers Lecture Series aims to provide a platform for thought leaders in law and other related disciplines to share their experiences and insights with the legal community in Singapore.
