Legal Daily:

The report to the 20th CPC National Congress proposes to advance law enforcement to ensure that it is strict, procedure-based, impartial, and civil across the board. How will the public security departments integrate the pursuit of fairness and justice into the entire process and all aspects of law enforcement? Thank you.

Xu Ganlu:

Thanks for your question. In the report to the 20th CPC National Congress, new plans and requirements have been put forward for exercising law-based governance on all fronts and advancing the rule of law in China. I would like to introduce the work and future plans of the public security organs in this regard.

Over the past decade, implementing Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law and working to meet the general requirements that the law is enforced in a strict, procedure-based, impartial and civil manner, public security organs have continued to advance the work on building public security organs based on the rule of law. Therefore, the role of the rule of law in public security work as well as credibility in law enforcement have been steadily strengthened. Over the past decade, public security organs have actively cooperated with relevant departments in formulating 15 laws and 10 administrative regulations closely related to public security work, such as the Anti-Terrorism Law, the Anti-Organized Crime Law, the Cyber Security Law and the Anti-Telecom and Internet Fraud Law. We have promulgated 22 rules and regulations concerning procedures for public security organs to handle criminal and administrative cases. A series of law enforcement rules, behavior guidelines and operating procedures have been formulated to ensure that the law enforcement powers of public security authorities are correctly exercised in accordance with the rule of law.

While enforcing the law, public security organs have adhered to the rule of law in administration, governance and case handling, improved the way of duty performance and law enforcement, strengthened the supervision and management during the whole process of law enforcement and improved the "five systems." First, we have pushed forward the reform of the system for case acceptance and filing, clarified the time limit for filing cases, and strengthened routine inspection and supervision to solve the problems of delay and misconduct in accepting and filing cases. Second, we have implemented a system of audio and video recording during field law enforcement. Public security police have been equipped with 1.3 million law enforcement recorders to record the entire process of law enforcement activities and ensure they are carried out in accordance with the law. Third, we have rolled out the whole-process supervision system. A total of 3,027 law enforcement and case-handling centers have been built and put into operation in cities and counties, basically covering all the administrative cities (counties). In principle, all criminal cases must be handled at the centers. Fourth, we have deepened the system for transparent law enforcement to make the basis, procedures, progress and results of law enforcement known to the maximum extent and fully protect the people's right to know, supervise and participate. Fifth, we have established a system of accountability during law enforcement. We have implemented the accountability investigation for misconduct during law enforcement and lifelong accountability for case handling. We work to ensure that power comes with responsibility, and that all who abuse power are held accountable.

Over the past decade, we have adhered to the principle of building the police politically with rigorous self-discipline, carried out training and rectification for the police, and addressed problems such as lax and unfair law enforcement. We have carried out extensive police drills and more than 300,000 training courses for the police to enhance their consciousness in aim, the rule of law, human rights and procedures and improve their law enforcement practices. Many "textbook" practices of law enforcement, which have met the requirements that the law must be enforced in a strict, procedure-based, impartial, and civil manner, have emerged and are well received by society. Over the past decade, we have made remarkable and fruitful achievements in promoting the rule of law in public security work.

Next, public security organs across the country will thoroughly study and implement the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress, stay committed to following the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, and act on the arrangements and requirements for exercising law-based governance on all fronts and advancing the rule of law in China. We will work to ensure that law enforcement is strict, procedure-based, impartial, and civil across the board. We will strike hard at all acts of infiltration, subversion, and sabotage by hostile forces as well as all types of crimes and illegal behaviors deeply resented by the people in accordance with the law. We will continue to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of the people in accordance with the law. We will deepen the reform of the law enforcement supervision and management mechanism and the law enforcement responsibility system, further improve the mechanism of law enforcement, and effectively embed the value of fairness and justice in every dimension and phase of law enforcement. This way, we will be able to ensure that the people experience fairness and justice in every case and every matter, and to make new efforts and contributions toward reaching a higher-level rule of law in China. Thank you.