The Central Political and Legal Work Conference was held via video teleconference on January 15. Xinhua
(January 15) reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping issued "important instructions on political and legal
work". He mentioned that the political and legal front resolutely implemented the decisions of the Party
Central Committee, maintained national political security and social stability, and made new achievements
in comprehensively deepening reforms in the field of politics and law and "rectifying the education and
rectification of political and legal teams". It said Xi Jinping emphasized that "it is necessary to adhere to the Party's absolute leadership over political and legal work" and, inter alia, "comprehensively deepen political
and legal reforms, and consolidate and deepen the educational and rectification achievements of the political
and legal teams, earnestly fulfil the major responsibilities of maintaining national security, social stability,
and people's tranquillity, so that the people can truly feel that fairness and justice are at their side" He urged
Party committees at all levels solve outstanding "problems that restrict political and legal work, support all
political and legal units to perform their duties in accordance with the law, provide a strong guarantee for the
construction of a higher level of safe China and the rule of law in China, and take practical actions to welcome
the victory of the Party's 20th National Congress". Secretary of the Central Political and Legal Committee
and Politburo member Guo Shengkun, conveyed Xi Jinping's important instructions and delivered a speech
at the meeting, "emphasizing that the political and legal organs across the country should be guided by Xi
Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement Xi
Jinping's thought on the rule of law, and fully implement the spirit of the 19th Plenary Sessions to strengthen
the "four consciousness", strengthen the "four self-confidence", achieve "two maintenance", deeply study
and understand the decisive meaning of "two establishments", and think that the 20th National Congress of
the Party will be successfully held". State Councillor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi, President
of the Supreme People's Court Zhou Qiang, and Chief Procurator of the Supreme People's Procuratorate
Zhang Jun attended the meeting.
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