China's Xi urges deepening judicial reform
Xinhua, January 22, 2016 Adjust font size:
Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on the country's political and legal affairs departments to deepen ongoing judicial reforms to give a boost to the country's judicial credibility and people's sense of security.
Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks in a written instruction on political and legal work. A central conference on political and legal work opened on Friday in Beijing.
In his instruction, Xi, who is on a tour of the Middle East, commended the Party's political and legal work over the past year. He said China's judicial reforms and the establishment of a multi-level social security system were off to a good start in 2015.
In the new year of 2016, political and legal affairs departments must further step up efforts to "prevent and contain risks" and work to facilitate China's economic and social development.
They shall build up capacities to safeguard national security and social stability so as to augment citizens' sense of security, and shall comprehensively deepen judicial reforms in order to boost people's confidence in the system, he said.
Team building must also be strengthened to cultivate a clean judicial environment, the president said.
Xi also urged Party committees at all levels to improve leadership in political and legal work, and support judiciary organs in their duties. Endi