Xi Jinping made important instructions on the work of letters and visits and stressed: do everything possible to solve the problems of the masses and constantly create a new situation in the work of letters and visits.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission recently issued important instructions on the work of letters and visits, extended sincere greetings to the cadres and employees of the national letter and visit system, and expressed warm congratulations to the commended advanced collectives and advanced workers.

Xi Jinping pointed out that in recent years, the national petition system has worked hard, and the majority of petition cadres have made a lot of hard work, promoted the resolution of a large number of issues related to the vital interests of the masses, and played an important role in maintaining the overall situation of reform, development and stability.

Xi Jinping stressed: party committees, governments, and leading cadres at all levels should persist in taking the work of letters and visits as an important work to understand the feelings of the people, concentrate the wisdom of the people, safeguard the interests of the people, and unite the hearts and minds of the people, and do everything possible to solve problems for the masses. It is necessary to earnestly solve the reasonable demands of the masses on the spot in a timely manner in accordance with the law, pay attention to prevention at the source, consolidate the foundation at the grass-roots level, strengthen the construction of the rule of law, improve the resolution mechanism, and constantly enhance the foresight, systematicness, and pertinence of the work. truly regard the process of solving the problem of letters and visits as the process of practicing the party's mass line and doing a good job. Party committees at all levels should strengthen their leadership over the work of letters and visits, care for, support, and cherish cadres of letters and visits, build a high-quality team of letters and visits that is loyal and reliable to the party, scrupulously abide by the responsibility for the people, and be good at mass work, and constantly create a new situation in the work of letters and visits.

The eighth national petition work conference was held in Beijing from 18 to 19. Meng Jianzhu, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Central Political and Legal Committee, conveyed Xi Jinping's important instructions and delivered a speech at the meeting. Yang Jing, secretary of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and State Councilor, presided over the meeting and made a concluding speech. State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Guo Shengkun attended the meeting.

The meeting emphasized that all regions and departments must earnestly study and implement the spirit of General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions, fully implement the spirit of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Plenary Sessions of the 18th Central Committee, and firmly establish the "four consciousnesses". Closely centering on the goal of advancing the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, we will promote the timely and local resolution of the reasonable demands of the masses in accordance with the law, we should adhere to the solution of petition matters on the one hand, and the source and basic work on the other hand, constantly improve the level of specialization, legalization and informatization of petition work, better safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the masses, safeguard social fairness and justice, and maintain social harmony and stability, so as to welcome the victory of the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

The meeting commended the advanced collectives and advanced workers of the national petition system, and awarded honorary certificates to petition workers who have been engaged in petition work for more than 25 years.

July 20, 2017 Source: People's Network-People's Daily