Wang Chen, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee and chief of the China Law Society (CLS), addresses a meeting of the CLS in Beijing, capital of China, on Feb 20, 2023. [Xinhua/Yue Yuewei]

BEIJING -- Senior Chinese lawmaker Wang Chen on Monday stressed the importance of following a path of the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.

Wang, vice-chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee and chief of the China Law Society, made the remarks when addressing a meeting of the latter.

Wang said there is still a long way to go to advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts through a Chinese path to modernization, and legal workers and scholars should shoulder their due responsibilities in this regard.

He called for efforts to establish a strong legal guarantee for advancing Chinese modernization, and ordered the China Law Society to continuously improve itself and elevate its capacity to perform its duties.