Building a higher-level Peaceful China is a major strategic deployment made by the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core  the overall situation of the cause of the Party and the country, and it serves as an important guarantee for coordinating development and security and advancing Chinese modernization. When presidin over the 19th group study session of the Political Bureau of the 20th CPC Central Committee, General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out explicitly: "Overall security is comprehensive, holistic, antic security; peace is peace in development, peace in dynamics, peace in openness, and peace in the rule of law." This important assertion profoundly expounds the theoretical connotation, contemporary chaacteristics, and realization path of building a Peaceful China, marking that our Party's understanding of security issues and the laws of social governance has reached a new height. Currently, the profanges unseen in a century are accelerating, and domestic and international risk factors are intertwined. We must deeply study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law and the holistic viewnal security, accurately grasp the direction, principles, theoretical connotation, and practical requirements of building a Peaceful China in the new era, and build a higher-level Peacefina. We must effectively offset the uncertainty and complexity of risks with the certainty and stability of the rule of law, and make new important contributions to world peace and stability while safeguarding our o

The Rich Connotations of "Security within the Rule of Law"
"Security is 'security within the rule of law'." This important assertion profou reveals the essential connection between the rule of law and security, points out the core path of safeguarding long-term peace and stability through the rule of law and coordinating development with securind clarifies an important focus for building a higher-level Peaceful China.
"Security within the rule of law" is first and foremost reflected in the security of the rule of al Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Adhering to the comprehensive rule of law is a significant advantage of the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the national governance system." From re on the rule of law to restore social order in the early days of the founding of New China, to using the rule of law to guarantee economic development and social stability after the reform an opening up, and then to incorporating the comprehensive rule of law into the "Four Comprehensives" strategic layout in the new era, China's rule of law construction has been consistent and nuously deepened. With the proposal and practice of the holistic view of national security, the connotation of security has transcended the traditional scope of public order and expanded to multiple fi such as the economy, politics, culture, society, and ecological civilization, forming a "comprehensive security" pattern. By clearly defining rights and obligations, regulating the exercise of publind providing stable expectations and authoritative dispute resolution mechanisms, the rule of law establishes fundamental rules for social operation. Integrating the coordination of development and security deeply into the process of rule of law, and planning development and preventing and resolving risks and challenges with the mindset of the rule of law, can consolidate the institutional foundation for the country's long-term peace an
"Security within the rule of law" necessarily relies on systemic security. The construction of a higher-level Peaceful China is a systemproject that must adhere to the close integration of systemic governance and governance by law, coordinating the security governance of various fields within a unified framework of the rule of law. In rece in response to the requirements of the times and centered on safeguarding national security and social stability, criminal legislation has been continuously improved in key areas such as production safety and financial sety. This has powerfully promoted the transformation and upgrading of the security governance model from passive post-event handling to systematic prevention and control, characterized by effective pre-event prevention, precise mid-event , and strict post-event punishment. On the basis of an increasingly complete legal system, the formulation and application of criminal judicial interpretations have further clarified the conditions and standards for strict punishment niency under the law, achieving a dialectical unity of punishing crime, preventing crime, and safeguarding human rights.
"Security within the rule of law" is firmly built upon thoundation of order. The rule of law plays a crucial role in stabilizing expectations; only when social order is established on the basis of clear and stable rules can a state of security be consolidated. The formation of stable expectations first requires that the law itself possess stability and authority. The law should not be easily altered due to individual circumstances or temporary needs, thereby providing  with stable and reliable standards of conduct and a basis for trust. At the same time, the exercise of public power must strictly abide by statutory authority and procedures, ensuring that administrative law enfand judicial adjudication are open, transparent, and uniform in standards, with predictable outcomes, thereby continuously accumulating and enhancing the trust and compliance of the whole society in the authorit of the law. At the level of resolving disputes, the rule of law provides the core path of standardization and authority. Through the repeated and impartial application of legal rules, it impercepy cultivates a universal consensus and conscious action in society: "handling affairs according to the law, seeking the law when encountering problems, using the law to solve problems, and relyinn the law to resolve conflicts," laying a deep social rule foundation for the long-term peace and stability of the country.
"Security within the rule of law" ultimately manifests as resilient security. "Security within the rule of law" is the result of the combined effect of the rigauthority of the rule of law and the flexible moral edification of rule by virtue. The rigidity of the rule of law is embodied in setting clear behavioral baselines; by severely cking down on serious crimes that endanger national security and social order in accordance with the law, it forms a powerful deterrent and builds a solid legal defense for security. However, the enduring  of security cannot rely solely on punishment.General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out: "We must uphold the combination of governing the country by law and governing the country by virtue."This requires integrating socialist core values into the construction of a Peaceful China, specifically manifested in: enhancing the public's faith in the rule of laugh in-depth legal education; upholding and developing the "Fengqiao Experience" of the new era to move the resolution of conflicts and disputes upstream, and building a new pattern oroots social governance; and improving systems such as leniency for those who confess and plead guilty in the judiciary to combine punishment, education, and rehabilitation. Through the deep integration oovernance by law and governance by virtue, it cultivates a rational, peaceful, positive, and virtuous social atmosphere, and shapes social resilience to withstand complex risks and achieve dynamic bace, which is precisely the high-level governance realm pointed to by "peace within the rule of law."Theoretical Contributions of "Security within the Rule of Law"
"Security is 'security within the rule of law'"—this important propion is a key component of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law and a concrete manifestation of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the field of state governanceing distinct contemporary value and significance for theoretical innovation. Against the backdrop of the accelerating evolution of profound changes unseen in a century and the interweaving of domestic and international risks andnges, guided by the holistic view of national security, the principles of the rule of law have been systematically integrated into the overall layout of building a higher-level Peaceful China. This systematically aes the major contemporary issues of the new era: ensuring long-term peace and stability through the rule of law and coordinating development with security.
Developing the theory of the legalization of social contradiction goverthin Marxism. "Security within the rule of law" essentially involves resolving social contradictions and preventing systemic risks through the rule of law, driving social governance to shift from the traditional "stabilitymaintenance" paradigm to a focus on source governance and preventive governance. Theoretically, this important proposition organically incorporates the governance of social contradictions into the overall perspective of modernizing l governance system and the holistic view of national security, enriching and developing the theory of the legalization of social contradiction governance within Marxism. Practically, "security within the aw" requires that all types of risks and challenges be addressed within the framework of legal procedures, laying a solid rule-based foundation for the governan