Senior official calls for protecting people's interests

Wu Guanzheng, the top discipline official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has called for earnest efforts to protect the interests of the people.

Wu, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, visited state-owned farms, enterprises, villages and administration centers in the northeast Chinese city during a tour from June 5-8.

The senior Party official, who is also secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, was in the city to inspect how local authorities have dealt with some incidents involving illegal activities detrimental to the interests of local people.

Wu urged local officials to pay attention to the life of people and try to improve the life of the people, so as to build up closer ties between the Party and the people. He urged local officials to be serious in resolving protruding problems that have brought losses to interests of the people.

Special programs should be launched to check problems regarding food security, labor safety and fraudulent activities that brought financial losses to local farmers.

The senior official pledged to severely punish illegal activities in the fields of education, medical service and environmental protection. He also told officials to avoid formalism and bureaucracy.

Source: Xinhua