Xi Jinping: Comprehensively improve the ability to prevent and control in accordance with the law to provide a strong legal guarantee for the prevention and control of the epidemic.

Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of the State, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, and Director of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Rule of Law presided over the third meeting of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Rule of Law on the afternoon of February 5 and delivered an important speech. He stressed that under the centralized and unified leadership of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, people's lives and health should always be put in the first place, and efforts should be made in all aspects of legislation, law enforcement, justice and law-abiding, so as to comprehensively improve the ability of prevention, control and governance according to law, so as to provide a strong legal guarantee for the prevention and control of the epidemic.

Li Keqiang, Li Zhanshu, and Wang Huning, members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and deputy directors of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Rule of Law, attended the meeting.

The meeting reviewed and approved the Opinions of the Central Committee for the Comprehensive Rule of Law on the Prevention and Control of the New Coronavirus Infection Pneumonia Epidemic in accordance with the Law, and the Effective Protection of the People's Life and Health Safety, the Opinions on Deepening the Comprehensive Supporting Reform of the Judicial Responsibility System, and the Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of the Rule of Law in Villages, the Administrative Reconsideration System Reform Plan, and the Report on Promoting the Reform of the Comprehensive Administrative Law Enforcement System report.

In his speech, Xi Jinping stressed that at present, the prevention and control of the epidemic is at a critical period, and scientific and orderly prevention and control in accordance with the law is crucial. The more the epidemic prevention and control is at its most vigorous, the more it is necessary to adhere to the prevention and control of the epidemic in accordance with the law, to promote the prevention and control work on the track of the rule of law, and to ensure the smooth development of epidemic prevention and control work.

Xi Jinping pointed out that it is necessary to improve the relevant legislation on epidemic prevention and control, strengthen the construction of supporting systems, improve punishment procedures, strengthen public security, and build a complete, scientific, standardized and effective legal system for epidemic prevention and control. It is necessary to strictly implement laws and regulations on epidemic prevention and control and emergency response, strengthen risk assessment, make prudent decisions in accordance with the law, strictly implement prevention and control measures in accordance with the law, and resolutely prevent the spread of the epidemic. It is necessary to strengthen the judicial enforcement of the law on the prevention and control of epidemic diseases, strictly implement the law on the prevention and control of infectious diseases and its implementation regulations, the wildlife protection law, the animal epidemic prevention law, and the emergency regulations on public health emergencies, and implement epidemic prevention and control and emergency response measures in accordance with the law. It is necessary to strengthen law enforcement work such as public security management and market supervision, intensify the crackdown on illegal acts that violently harm medical personnel, severely investigate and deal with all kinds of illegal acts that drive up the prices of epidemic prevention supplies and people's livelihood commodities, and severely crack down on resistance to epidemic prevention and control and violent injuries in accordance with the law., Making and selling fakes, spreading rumors and other illegal and criminal acts that undermine the prevention and control of the epidemic, to ensure social stability and order. Donations and gifts should be regulated in accordance with the law to ensure that all donated property is used in a timely manner for epidemic prevention and control. It is necessary to do a good job of reporting and publishing the epidemic in accordance with the law, and to report the epidemic information in a timely and accurate manner in accordance with the statutory content, procedures, methods and time limits. To strengthen the guidance of the trial of relevant cases, timely handling, fixed points to stop disputes. We should strengthen publicity and legal services on the rule of law in epidemic prevention and control, organize grass-roots publicity on epidemic prevention and control, guide the general public to enhance their awareness of the rule of law, and support and cooperate with epidemic prevention and control work in accordance with the law. It is necessary to strengthen legal services for epidemic prevention and control, strengthen the resolution of conflicts and disputes during the epidemic, and provide effective legal assistance to people in need.

Xi Jinping stressed that party committees and governments at all levels should fully perform their duties in accordance with the law, adhere to the rule of law thinking and methods to carry out epidemic prevention and control work, promote the construction of a government under the rule of law in dealing with major emergencies, and improve the level of governance and administration according to law. All relevant departments must clarify the division of responsibilities, actively perform their duties, implement tasks, improve the level of legalization of epidemic prevention and control, and effectively protect the lives and health of the people.

The meeting pointed out that the comprehensive reform of the judicial responsibility system is an important part of the reform of the judicial system, which is related to judicial justice, efficiency and authority. It is necessary to do a good job in the implementation of the reform task, truly "let the trial judge and the referee be responsible", improve judicial credibility, and strive to make the people feel fair and just in every judicial case. Strengthening the construction of rural areas under the rule of law is the basic work for implementing the strategy of rural revitalization and promoting the comprehensive rule of law. It is necessary to educate and guide the broad masses of cadres and masses in rural areas to handle affairs in accordance with the law, find the law when they encounter problems, use the law to solve problems, and resolve contradictions, and actively promote the construction of villages under the rule of law. It is necessary to implement the administrative reconsideration system reform plan, optimize the allocation of administrative reconsideration resources, promote the revision of relevant laws and regulations, and give full play to the system advantages of administrative reconsideration that is fair and efficient, convenient for the people, and the main channel for resolving administrative disputes.

The meeting stressed that adhering to the rule of law in an all-round way is a significant advantage of the socialist state system and national governance system with Chinese characteristics. If the practice of socialism with Chinese characteristics is pushed forward, the construction of the rule of law will follow further. The socialist rule of law in our country embodies the theoretical achievements and practical experience of our party in governing the country, and is the most basic, stable and reliable guarantee for the governance of the system. It is necessary to promote the comprehensive rule of law, give full play to the positive role of the rule of law in the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities, improve the party's ability to govern the country according to law, use the rule of law to ensure that the people are the masters of the country, and adhere to and improve the socialist rule of law system with Chinese characteristics. Give full play to the role of the rule of law in leading, standardizing and guaranteeing reform, development and stability, and building a high-quality, and gradually realizing national governance. We should adhere to the combination of top-level design and the practice of the rule of law, improve the system and mechanism to ensure the full implementation of the constitution, strengthen the supervision of the implementation of the law, improve the guarantee system of social fairness and justice and the rule of law, and enhance the effectiveness of the rule of law in promoting the modernization of the governance system and governance capacity. Leading cadres at all levels should strengthen their awareness of the rule of law, take the lead in respecting the law, studying the law, abiding by the law, and setting an example for the implementation of the system. It is necessary to strengthen the work of popularizing the law among the whole people, carry forward the socialist spirit of the rule of law, enhance the concept of the rule of law among the whole people, improve the public legal service system, and consolidate the social foundation of governing the country according to law. We should adhere to the combination of governing the country according to law and governing the country by virtue, integrate the socialist core values into the construction of the rule of law, and strive to form a good social fashion and social order. It is necessary to strengthen cooperation in the field of international rule of law, speed up the construction of a legal system for the extraterritorial application of Chinese law, strengthen the study and application of international law, and raise the level of the rule of law in foreign-related work.

Members of the Central Committee for the Comprehensive Rule of Law attended the meeting, and responsible comrades of relevant departments of the central and state organs attended the meeting as nonvoting delegates.

Source: Communist Party Network