China's political and law departments will push forward judicial
reforms in 2001 to ensure the smooth implementation of the country's
10th five-year plan for 2001-2005 and the ongoing reform drive.
Luo Gan, secretary
of the Committee of Political Science and Law Under the Central
Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), made the
remark at Friday's opening of a national working conference
on political science and law.
Luo, who is also
member of both the Political Bureau and Secretariat of the
CPC Central Committee, said that in 2000, the political and
law departments throughout the country have contributed to
maintaining social and political stability, under the leadership
of the CPC Central Committee with General Secretary Jiang
Zemin at the core.
A number of criminals
involved in smuggling, tax evasion, fraud, embezzlement and
bribery have been punished according to law, while efforts
have been made to strengthen grassroots political and law
bodies, the official said.
Luo said efforts
will be increased next year to crack down on elements that
undermine ethnic unity, religious extremists and terrorists,
as well as the cult group of Falun Gong.
He also called
for greater awareness about the serious economic crimes, saying
law enforcement in this respect will be focused on striking
against smuggling, fraud for export tax rebates, production
and sale of counterfeit goods, infringement of intellectual
property rights, and actions that undermine tax collection
and disturb the financial order.
Meanwhile, efforts
should be made to severely crack down on serious criminal
crimes such as murder, robbery, kidnapping, crimes involving
guns and explosives, burglary, and criminal gangs, he said.
Great attention
should be paid to increasing training for improving the political
and professional quality of the workers of political and law
departments at different levels, he noted.
(Xinhua 12/01/2000)
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