领导干部的法律素质是指领导干部的法律意识、法制观念、法律知识的掌握程度、依法行为能力(包括依法决策能力和依法行政能力等)与水平的总和,是领导干部素质的重要组成部分,尤其是政治素质的重要体现。领导干部法律素质的高低,关系到领导干部能否适应社会主义市场经济发展的要求,能否应对加入WTO后的国际法律规则、实现政府职能转变,能否正确推行依法治国方 The legal quality of leading cadres refers to the sum of the legal awareness of leading cadres, the legal concept, the mastery of legal knowledge, the ability to act according to law (including the ability to make decisions according to law and the ability to administer according to law), and is an important part of the quality of leading cadres. In particular, an important manifestation of political quality. Whether the leading cadres can meet the requirements of the development of the socialist market economy, whether they can cope with the international legal rules after the accession to the WTO, realize the transformation of the government’s functions, and whether they can correctly implement the principle of governing the country according to law