改革开放以来，中国发展的列车跨上了社会主义市场经济体制的轨道，经济和社会发展取得了举世瞩目的巨大成就，人民生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。然而，前所未有的机遇与前所未有的挑战并存。经济在快速发展，矛盾也层出不穷，社会在深刻变革，腐败也易发多发。

腐败是人类社会发展到一定历史阶段的产物。纵观世界各国反腐败斗争的历史沿革，不少国家建立市场经济体制经历了上百年或更长时间，均出现过腐败严重甚至猖獗时期。社会结构转型、经济快速增长的阶段，往往是腐败高发期。至今很多国家仍在遭受严重腐败问题的困扰，没有哪个国家在反腐败问题上可以宣称“高枕无忧”。在不同制度和文化背景下，针对带有共同特征又具有殊异性的腐败现象，不少国家和地区采取了有效的治理措施，逐步走出了腐败高发期。

治理腐败，既是经济社会健康发展的内在需求，更是马克思主义执政党从严治党的必然要求。改革开放以来，在加快发展的同时，中国共产党对腐败问题一直保持着清醒头脑，一直坚定地反对腐败。党的十八大以来，中国反腐败斗争步入新征程。依靠深厚的党心民意基础，坚持为民执政宗旨，中央横下心来从严治党，颁行八项规定，集中力量反“四风”，保持惩治腐败的高压态势，推进反腐败体制改革，落实党风廉政建设主体责任和监督责任，实行巡视监督和派驻机构监督全覆盖，反腐败政治格局出现深刻变化，一条中国特色的反腐道路在延伸。

世界需要了解中国，中国也需要了解世界。中国作为《联合国反腐败公约》签约国，必须敞开博大胸襟，借鉴他国反腐败斗争的有益做法，立足本国国情，不断推进反腐败体制机制创新。系统而深入地了解世界各国反腐败体制机制，有利于深化反腐败国际交流，加强反腐败国际执法合作，加大国际追逃追赃力度，克服障碍提高合作效率。

“他山之石，可以攻玉。”顺应反腐败实践要求，廉政研究包括对国外反腐败研究日趋活跃。一批对反腐败事业具有责任感的专家学者，积极关注和悉心研究国外反腐败，获得了诸多有益的研究成果。《反腐败体制机制国际比较研究》便是对国外反腐败研究的重要学术成果，凝结着中国社会科学院专家学者多年的宝贵心血。相信阅读了此书的人们，可以进行中外对比，更加深刻地认识中国党风廉政建设和反腐败斗争的历史规律，从而更加自觉地参与反腐败斗争，为发展中国特色社会主义、实现中华民族伟大复兴作出应有的贡献。

李秋芳

2015年10月11日

Since the reform and opening up, the train of China's development has stepped onto the track of the socialist market economic system, great achievements have been made in economic and social development that have attracted worldwide attention, and earth-shaking changes have taken place in people's lives. However, unprecedented opportunities coexist with unprecedented challenges. The economy is developing rapidly, contradictions are emerging one after another, society is undergoing profound changes, and corruption is prone to occur. Corruption is the product of the development of human society to a certain historical stage. Looking at the historical development of the anti-corruption struggle in various countries around the world, many countries have experienced more than 100 years or more to establish market economic systems, and all have experienced periods of serious or even rampant corruption. The stage of social structural transformation and rapid economic growth is often a period of high incidence of corruption. Many countries are still plagued by serious corruption problems, and no country can claim to be "safe and secure" when it comes to anti-corruption. Under different institutional and cultural backgrounds, many countries and regions have adopted effective governance measures against corruption with common characteristics and differences, and gradually stepped out of the period of high incidence of corruption. Curbing corruption is not only an intrinsic requirement for healthy economic and social development, but also an inevitable requirement for the Marxist ruling party to administer the party strictly. Since the reform and opening up, while accelerating development, the Communist Party of China has always kept a sober mind on the issue of corruption and has always firmly opposed corruption. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China's anti-corruption struggle has embarked on a new journey. Relying on the profound foundation of the party's hearts and the people's will, adhering to the purpose of ruling for the people, the central authorities have made a concerted effort to administer the party strictly, promulgated eight regulations, concentrated their efforts on opposing the "four winds," maintained the high-pressure situation of punishing corruption, promoted the reform of the anti-corruption system, implemented the main responsibility and supervision responsibility for the building of party style and clean government, implemented full coverage of inspection supervision and supervision by stationed agencies, and profoundly changed the political pattern against corruption, and an anti-corruption road with Chinese characteristics is extending. The world needs to understand China, and China needs to understand the world. As a signatory to the United Nations Convention against Corruption, China must be open-minded, learn from the useful practices of other countries in the fight against corruption, base itself on its own national conditions, and continuously promote innovation in its anti-corruption system and mechanism. A systematic and in-depth understanding of the anti-corruption systems and mechanisms of various countries in the world is conducive to deepening international exchanges against corruption, strengthening international law enforcement cooperation against corruption, increasing the intensity of international pursuit of fugitives and stolen goods, overcoming obstacles and improving the efficiency of cooperation. "He is the stone of the mountain, and he can attack the jade." In line with the requirements of anti-corruption practice, anti-corruption research, including foreign anti-corruption research, has become increasingly active. A group of experts and scholars with a sense of responsibility for the anti-corruption cause have actively paid attention to and carefully studied foreign anti-corruption and obtained many useful research results. "International Comparative Study of Anti-Corruption Systems and Mechanisms" is an important academic achievement in foreign anti-corruption research, which condenses the valuable efforts of experts and scholars of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences for many years. I believe that people who read this book can make comparisons between China and foreign countries, have a deeper understanding of the historical law of China's party style and clean government building and the anti-corruption struggle, so as to participate more consciously in the anti-corruption struggle and make due contributions to the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the realization of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation. Li Qiufang, October 11, 2015（AI翻译）