The national security rule of law accounts for the core of national security modernization.At present,there is an urgent need to embrace the holistic approach to national security as well as Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law,in order to promote the modernization of China's national security system and its capacities,improve the national security rule of law,and serve the updated needs in that process.To achieve this goal,first,we should construct the basic conceptual framework consisting of major national interests,factors endangering national security,the national security system and capabilities,national security duties and obligations,and national security actions,etc.,based on the cornerstone category of'national security'.Second,we should focus on the national security rule of law and national security legal system,to establish a set of academic sub-disciplines that combine two fundamental national security areas,three general-interest areas,and more than twenty key national security fields.Third,we should focus on applying the doctrinal methodology and interdisciplinary methods,as a response to the subject matter of national security law studies.Fourth and last,we should seek an independent path for improving knowledge of China's national security law,its scholarship,and discipline development through comparison.