Chinese government officials now pledge allegiance to the country's Constitution before taking office, said a key policy document of the Communist Party of China (CPC) published on Tuesday.
President Xi Jinping says the path, which embodies the achievements and experience in building socialist rule of law, is the only right course.
China's top legislature is considering reducing by nine the number of crimes subject to the death penalty through revising the Criminal Law.
As the curtain fell on a key meeting on rule of law on Thursday, Israeli Yuval Golan, 29, felt good about his business prospects in what should be a more transparent and predictable China.
Government officials will be given demerit penalties and held accountable if they are found to have interfered in lawsuits, under a decision taken at a key meeting to advance the rule of law.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership is "the most fundamental guarantee" for comprehensively advancing the rule of law and building a country under the socialist rule of law, leaders said at a key meeting Thursday.
History was made at the Fourth Plenum of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, because for the first time a Party plenary session discussed the rule of law.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) has vowed to promote the implementation, supervision and interpretation of China's Constitution at a key session with a rule of law theme.
The fourth plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee announced a communique after its closing on Thursday.
The Communist Party of China (CPC) should lead the country's drive to advance the rule of law, said a key document here Thursday.
China will establish a mechanism in which officials will be given demerits or held accountable if they are found interfering in judicial cases.
The fourth plenary session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee announced a communique, which focuses on "comprehensively advancing the rule of law" in China.