The Chinese Communist Party ended a four-day closed-door plenary session of its Central Committee last week with the adoption of a communique pledging to "comprehensively advance the rule of law."
The document said that the party's major tasks are to improve a "socialist system of laws with Chinese characteristics," to strengthen implementation of the Constitution, to promote administration by law and to improve judicial credibility, among other things.
With the new communique, President Xi Jinping, who has been pushing a vigorous anti-corruption drive, apparently hopes to strengthen his party's centripetal appeal so that people feel inclined to rally around it.