Abstract: The implementation of ruling the country by law cannot be separated from the talents of the rule of law and the innovation of the educational mechanism. Cultivating and bringing up a large number of talents of the rule of law who are familiar with and insist on the socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics is the important historical mission of law education. The 4th Plenary Session of 18th CPC Central Committee has pointed out a clear direction for the cultivation of the talents of the rule of law and at the same time set the fundamental requirement on them. To transform and change the current law education is urgently required for the construction of rule by law. The target for the cultivation of such talents for the construction of ruling the country by law should be the elite education. The nature of talents cultivation actually is vocational education; while the compound type of law talents will be the basic training model of talents of the rule of law. The future development of law education in China should combine with the spirits of the 4th Plenary Session of CPC, reform the concept of legal education, and innovate the cultivating mechanism for the talents of the rule of law.

Key words: rule by law；talents for the rule of law；legal education；cultivating mechanism