Ministry of Justice holds training session for government lawyers

The Ministry of Justice recently held a model training session for government lawyers in Beijing to further enhance their capacity in performing duties and promote law-based decision-making and administration by Party and State organs. Vice Minister of Justice Wu Zeng attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech.

The session fully implemented the guiding principles of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and plenary sessions of the 20th CPC Central Committee. It delved into Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, the guiding principles set by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, on advancing law-based governance in all respects, as well as the implementation of the newly revised Lawyers Law.

The session aimed to cultivate a team of high-caliber government lawyers with a firm political stance, solid theoretical knowledge, and outstanding professional competence, enabling them to better play their important role in advancing law-based governance in all respects.

With a focus on practical application, the session invited officials from relevant central authorities, experts, and scholars to deliver lectures on Xi Jinping Thought on Party Building, Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, the development of foreign-related legal systems and capacity building, the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, and advancing law-based handling of petition work.

More than 130 government lawyers from central Party and State organs as well as people's organizations participated in the training.