The relationship between the rule of virtue and the rule of law in socialist society is

The rule of law and the rule of virtue have always been complementary and mutually reinforcing, and both are indispensable.

General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that a distinctive feature of the rule of law in Socialism with Chinese characteristics is to "adhere to the combination of ruling the country by law and ruling the country by virtue, emphasizing that both the rule of law and the rule of virtue should be grasped and both hands should be hard." . This is not only a summary of historical experience, but also a profound grasp of the laws governing the country. "

The Fourth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee put forward that "ruling the country by law and ruling the country by virtue" is an important principle that must be adhered to in order to achieve the overall goal of comprehensively promoting the rule of law. "Insisting on the combination of ruling the country by law and ruling the country by virtue" has rich connotations, which is of great significance to promoting the rule of law in Socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era.

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General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "The rule of law and the rule of virtue are inseparable and cannot be neglected. National governance requires the joint efforts of law and morality. " Combine the rule of law with the rule of virtue, pay attention to the unique functions and functions of law and morality, learn from each other's strengths and complement each other, and finally realize social good governance with the same frequency of law and morality.

Virtue embellishes people's hearts, the rule of law, and people's hearts are the main line. The effective coordination of national and social interests requires the seamless connection between law and morality, internal and external governance, combining rigidity with softness, and promoting social members to have both morality and law.

The advantages and limitations of law and morality are completely different. Law not only has the advantages of clarity of normative requirements, compulsion of punishment, equality and universality of coordination, but also has the disadvantages of lag in law formulation and revision, closure of legal provisions, lag in legal punishment and high degree of law implementation.

Similarly, although morality has the advantages of universality of norms, immanence of constraints and low operating cost, it also has the disadvantages of weak norms, weak compulsion and diverse evaluation criteria.