国内英语资讯:China Focus: Charting Chinas roadmap to better governance_时事

国内英语资讯:China Focus: Charting Chinas roadmap to better governance

"Everyone hopes to take part in public affairs," Sang said. "These institutional arrangements will ensure people take part in managing state, economic, cultural and social affairs."

Developing socialist democracy is a critical move that concerns the fate of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Sang said.

On rule of law, the document called for improving systems and mechanisms that ensure compliance with the Constitution in every field.

Fu Zitang, president of Southwest University of Political Science and Law, said strengthened law-making in key areas and accelerated introduction of legal arrangements for the extraterritorial application of Chinese law will better protect the rights and interests of Chinese nationals and enterprises overseas.

On the economy, the call for upholding and improving China's basic socialist economic system is a breakthrough, said Liu Shijin, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Liu said only under a socialist market economy can a market environment be created in which market entities of diverse forms of ownership fairly and equally compete and enjoy equal legal protection.

Establishing a high-standard market system and new institutions for an open economy of higher standards is the direction made clear by the document on the country's reform and opening up, according to Liu.

On culture, the document stressed the importance of upholding Marxism as a guiding ideology, which will better foster the Chinese spirit, Chinese values and Chinese strength, said Bing Zheng, a Jilin University professor.