"This book covers a wide range of topics, including constitutional development, legislative reform, the development of law-based governance, judicial reform, legal publicity and education, civil and criminal laws, the role of the rule of law in economic and social development, intellectual property rights (IPR), human rights, and international law. The book examines China's transition over the past 40 years from the establishment of a legal system to the construction of a law-based system, examines the growth and evolution of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, explores the mutual effects and advancement of reform and rule of law, and provides an overview of the characteristics, trends, and experience pertaining to the formation of Chinese rule of law and its theories. In order to help readers understand why "reform and opening-up is a decisive step for China," why we should steadfastly pursue socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era, and why we need to build a modern China under the rule of law, the thorough review and systematic summary are of high theoretical and academic value"--