China will continue its bid to spread among its population knowledge
about the law and the legal system during the first decade of
this century, a senior official said Thursday.
Luo Gan, state
councilor and secretary of the Committee of Political Science
and Law Under the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee,
told a national meeting that awareness of the law and legal
system by the public is the basis for China to improve its
legal system and governing the country by law.
Wei Jianxing, member
of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese
Communist Party Central Committee, met with the participants
at the two-day meeting, which closed Thursday.
In order to safeguard
social stability, turn law and order across the country for
the better in two years by cracking down on all sorts of criminal
offenses, more publicity and education of the law is needed
to improve people's awareness of abiding by laws and regulations,
and protecting their own interests and rights according to
law, Luo Gan said.
He stressed the
need for leading officials to learn more about the law so
as to improve their capability to administer according to
the law.
Great progress
has been made since 1986 as China launched its three consecutive
five-year plan to promote knowledge of the law, he said.
(People's Daily
06/01/2001)
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