4. Political and legal work in the New Era

Xi Jinping issues important instructions on political and legal work

Adhere to the Party’s absolute leadership, be loyal and responsible, and provide strong security guarantees for the comprehensive promotion of building a strong country and achieving national rejuvenation

Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, January 14th – Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, State President, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, recently issued important instructions on political and legal work. He pointed out that since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the political and legal front has in-depth study and implementation of Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, focusing on the central task of the Party in the New Era and the New Journey to implementing the decisions and arrangements of the Party Central Committee. All tasks have been grasped tightly and solidly, and new results have been achieved.

Xi Jinping emphasized that this year marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of New China and is a critical year for achieving the goals and tasks of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. The political and legal front must fully implement the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, adhere to the Party’s absolute leadership, faithfully perform duties and assume responsibilities, support and serve Chinese-style modernization with the modernization of political and legal work, and comprehensively promote the construction of a strong country and the great cause of national rejuvenation. We must resolutely safeguard national security, improve political acumen and political discernment, and prevent and resolve major security risks. We must resolutely maintain social stability, adhere to and develop the “Maple Bridge Experience” in the New Era, correctly handle conflicts among the people, and safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people. It is necessary to ensure and promote social fairness and justice, maintain the unity of the country’s rule of law, comprehensively promote scientific legislation, strict law enforcement, fair administration of justice, and law-abiding by all people, deepen the comprehensive and supporting reform of the judicial system, and comprehensively and accurately implement the judicial accountability system. It is necessary to ensure high-quality development with high-level security, maintain the socialist market economic order in accordance with the law, and improve the level of legalized business environment construction. It is necessary to strengthen the political construction of the party in political and legal organs and forge a political and legal iron army for the new era that is loyal, clean and responsible.

The Central Political and Legal Work Conference was held in Beijing from the 13th to the 14th. Chen Wenqing, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee, conveyed Xi Jinping’s important instructions and delivered a speech at the meeting, expressing that he must adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, deeply understand the decisive significance of the “two establishments”, and strengthen the “four consciousness”, strengthen the “four self-confidences”, achieve “two safeguards”, adhere to the party’s absolute leadership over political and legal work, and forge a strong political and legal iron army. We must focus on promoting Chinese-style modernization, the biggest political issue, grasp the direction of the times, focus on safeguarding national security, safeguarding social stability, ensuring and promoting social fairness and justice, ensuring high-quality development, and strengthening the political construction of the party in political and legal organs. Work modernization supports and serves Chinese-style modernization.

Wang Xiaohong, Secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and Minister of Public Security, presided over the meeting and made a concluding speech. Zhang Jun, President of the Supreme People’s Court, and Ying Yong, Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, attended the meeting. The meeting was held in the form of video and telephone conference.