法治，作为新时代中国共产党治国理政的基本方式，决定了青年法治素养培育的重大深远意义。新时代青年法治素养培育关乎青年群体综合素质提升、国家法治化进程、民族伟大复兴。青年法治素养培育，旨在立足青年所担负的时代重任及其所必备的素养要求，引导其认知法治精神，认同法治社会，形成法治思维，坚定法治信仰，逐步养成自觉尊法、守法，积极学法、用法的意志品质和行为习惯。

党的十八大以来，以习近平同志为核心的党中央高度重视青年法治素养培育工作，在普法宣传、法治教育的共同作用下，青年群体知法、懂法状况不断改善，守法意识逐步增强，依法办事能力持续优化。当前，全面依法治国格局基本形成、党的集中统一领导全面强化、教育高质量内涵式发展为青年法治素养培育提供了有利契机。

为整体把握当前青年群体法治素养状况，对全国范围内不同省市的近四千名大、中学生进行了实证调研。调研表明，当前青年群体法治认知总体良好、法治情感积极、参与全面依法治国的积极性和主动性较强，法治认同、遵法意识和守法行为较为普遍。然而，青年群体法治素养状况与国家法治建设目标、时代新人素质要求仍存在一定差距。其具体表现是：结构上的不平衡及地区间的差异制约了青年群体法治素养全面、均衡地发展与提升；知行不一，法治认知仍有待提升，法治行为尚需稳定和强化；法治信仰初步建立但仍不够坚定。具体到法治素养培育层面，其基本状况和问题是：一方面青年法治素养培育正经历由知识教育、守法教育向法治价值传递与法治观念塑造的转向，学校、社会大力推动法治教育走深走实，法治宣传教育制度化不断向前推进；另一方面法治教育彰显中国特色不充分，法治宣传教育的现实行动与理念还存在一定差距，法治素养培育主体的专业性、协同性都有待提高。

青年法治素养及其培育深受经济发展水平、现实法治环境、传统思想观念、教育评价体系及个体道德水平的影响。优化青年法治素养培育策略，必须切实强化党的领导，从理论、历史和现实的角度找准培育出发点，坚持以习近平法治思想为指引，以党的百年法治教育经验为借鉴，以全面提升青年法治素养为旨归。同时，坚持政治性和学理性、知识性和价值性、主导性与主体性、过程性与结果性相统一的基本原则，全面培育青年学法崇法思想意识、遇事找法主体自觉、解决问题靠法基本信念以及时时处处用法行为习惯。

青年法治素养培育是复杂且需要长期推进的系统工程，在具体的实践中，要以中国特色社会主义法律体系教育、中国共产党党内法规体系教育、日常生活规则教育为重点，不断夯实培育内容；要努力构建家庭、学校、社会、青年自我法治教育协同发力的培育模式，不断增强培育力量；要积极顺乘法治国家、法治政府与法治社会一体化推进时代发展大势，强化培育保障措施。唯有如此，才能以青年法治素养提升为着力点，建树法治风尚、建设法治社会、完善国家治理、提升国际形象、实现民族复兴伟大梦想。

The rule of law, as the basic strategy of the Communist Party of China's governance in the new era, determines the great significance of the cultivation of young people's legal literacy. The cultivation of young people's legal literacy in the new era is related to the improvement of the comprehensive quality of young people, the process of national legalization, and the great rejuvenation of the nation. The cultivation of young people's legal literacy aims to base them on the important tasks of the times they are shouldering, combine their necessary literacy requirements, guide them to recognize the spirit of the rule of law, identify with the rule of law society, form the concepts of the rule of law, strengthen their belief in the rule of law, and gradually develop behavioral habits and willpower qualities of consciously respecting, observing, actively learning and using the law.

Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has attached great importance to enhancing citizens’ legal literacy. With the joint efforts of legal publicity and education, the knowledge and understanding of the law among young people have been continuously improved, their awareness of law-abiding has been continuously enhanced, and their ability to handle affairs in accordance with the law has been continuously optimized. Currently, the basic formation of a comprehensive pattern of governing the country according to law, the comprehensive strengthening of the centralized and unified leadership of the Party, and the high-quality connotative development of education provide favorable opportunities for the cultivation of young people's legal literacy.

In order to comprehensively grasp the current situation of the legal literacy of young people, an empirical survey was conducted on nearly 4000 college and middle school students from different provinces and cities across the country. The survey shows that the current youth group has a generally good understanding of the rule of law, a positive emotional attitude towards the rule of law, and a strong enthusiasm and initiative to participate in comprehensive rule of law. Legal identification, awareness of compliance, and law-abiding behavior are relatively common. However, there is still a certain gap between the legal literacy of young people and the national legal construction and the quality requirements of the new era. Its specific manifestations are as follows: structural imbalances and regional differences restrict the comprehensive and balanced development and promotion of the legal literacy of young people; The disunity of knowing and doing is significant, and awareness of the rule of law still needs to be improved, and the rule of law behavior needs to be stabilized and strengthened; The belief in the rule of law has initially been established, but it is still not firm enough. In terms of the cultivation of legal literacy, the basic situation and problems are as follows: on the one hand, the cultivation of young people's legal literacy is experiencing a shift from knowledge education to the transmission of legal values and the shaping of legal concepts. Schools and society are vigorously promoting the development of legal education towards depth and reality, and the institutionalized development of legal publicity education is constantly advancing; On the other hand, the demonstration of Chinese characteristics in rule of law education is insufficient, and there is still a certain gap between the practical actions and concepts of rule of law publicity and education. The professionalism and synergy of the main body for cultivating rule of law literacy need to be further improved.

Youth's legal literacy and its cultivation are deeply influenced by the realistic legal environment, traditional ideological concepts, educational evaluation systems, and the level of individual moral development, and cannot exceed the current level of social and economic development. In addition, we should adhere to the basic principles of integrating political and academic rationality, knowledge and value, dominance and subjectivity, and process and outcome, and comprehensively cultivate young people's awareness of respecting the law in learning, the consciousness of finding the law in times of trouble, the basic belief of relying on the law to solve problems, and the habit of using the law everywhere.

The cultivation of young people's legal literacy is a complex, systematic and long-term project. We should focus on the education of the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics, the education of the CPC's inner-party legal system, and the education of daily life rules, and constantly consolidate the cultivation content; Efforts should be made to build a cultivation model for the coordinated development of self rule of law education among families, schools, society, and young people, and constantly strengthen the cultivation force; We should follow the trend of advancing the integration of a law-based country, a law-based government and a law-based society and strengthen cultivation and safeguard measures. Only in this way can we focus on improving the rule of law literacy of young people, establish a rule of law ethos, build a rule of law society, improve national governance, enhance the international image, and realize the dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.