China's Constitution explicitly stipulates the protection of human rights and it enshrines more than 20 basic rights for Chinese citizens. In addition, the country's constitutional laws; civil, commercial and administrative laws; and economic and social laws embody specific and detailed stipulations on citizens' political, economic, social and cultural rights, that guarantee all Chinese citizens universal and realistic human rights and other basic privileges.

The country's legal system upholds the ruling status of the CPC and the people, which ensures the Party's principles and policies can be fully implemented and that its role in leading and coordinating the people and managing the affairs of the country under the framework of the Constitution and laws remains unchallengeable.

Laws and stipulations will be promulgated on the basis of changing national conditions to provide a legal guarantee for all aspects of the country and its people.

Administrative laws and systems with Chinese characteristics have been explicitly expounded that will help standardize and regulate relations between the government and the market, enterprises and society, and ensure the government exercise its functions under the current legal framework to more effectively curb the long-controversial abuses of public power and corruption. These will also aid the country's efforts to deepen the reform of its administrative system, push for the transformation of government functions and accelerate building a legally abiding government.

Under the current legal system, the independent right of the country's judicial and prosecutorial organs to exercise their respective powers has also been confirmed. The proposed reforms will ensure the two organs play a more active role in protecting people's human rights, maintaining social stability and curbing corruption.

The formation of a legal system with Chinese characteristics has basically ensured that all government departments and people have relevant laws to guide their behavior. However, the country still faces an extremely arduous task in building a more developed legal system to meet the legal demands of a well-off society in an all-round way with medium-level development.

The most urgent task following the formation of a comprehensive legal system with Chinese characteristics is how to ensure the implementation of the Constitution and laws and rule of law throughout society.

The author is director with the Institute of Law under the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.