This report summarizes the progresses made by China in 2008 in promoting the development of the rule of law in the following fields by adhering to the scientific outlook on development：legislative law，administrative law，criminal law，civil and commercial law，economic law，law on intellectual property rights，environmental law，labor and social laws，laws relating to“one country，two systems”，and international law.It forecasts the important laws that may be adopted，the new steps in the reform of administrative and judiciary systems that may be taken，the new developments in the fields of financial supervision，tax law，and other laws related to the people’s livelihood that may made，by China in the year 2009.