The Construction of Safe Society

The concept has both narrow and broad meanings. Building a secure and a safe China in the narrow sense refers to fighting crime and maintaining social stability. Building a safe society in the broad sense refers to maintaining security in various fields such as politics, economy, culture, society, and ecology, etc., expanding from crackdown, prevention and control to various links such as service, management and construction. Building a safe China in the broad sense focuses on personal safety, the safety of eating, housing, and traveling, the effectiveness of fighting crime and maintaining stability, the improvement of the level of social management and public services, the effective protection of the legitimate rights and interests of the people, strict and fair law enforcement, and full manifestation of social fairness and justice. Building a safe China combines maintaining social order and stimulating social vitality. On December 5, 2005, the “Opinions of the Commission of Politics and Law of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security on Deepening the Safe Building” forwarded by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council explained the importance of building a Safe China and proposed the guiding ideology, goals and tasks, work priorities and key measures for building a safe China.

On November 20, 2006 and April 19, 2007, the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security issued two guiding documents for advancing the construction of a new socialist countryside: the “Several Opinions on Deepening Rural Safety Building” and the “Implementing Opinions on Deepening Rural Safety Building”. Since then, the Commission of Politics and Law of the CPC Central Committee and the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security have held several meetings to deepen the building of a Safe China. The work pattern of building of a Safe China is guidance by the Party committee, leadership by government, coordination by the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security, implementation by departments, social coordination, and public participation. It is necessary to give full play to the role and advantages of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security, organize and coordinate the relevant departments to fulfill their duties, and cooperate with each other and form a joint force for joint management. It is necessary to solve the outstanding problems most concerned by the people and that affect the harmony and stability of the society with the rule of law thinking and methods; strengthen the source and basic work and take the initiative in building a safe China; solve the prominent problems and deep-seated contradictions by combining the symptoms and the root cause; strengthen systematic governance, understand the relationship between vitality and order, and realize benign interaction between government governance, social self-regulation, and residents ’autonomy to ensure that society is both vibrant, harmonious and orderly. Building of a safe China is oriented to the safety needs of the people. Safety is the basic requirement for people’s happiness and well-being, and the basic premise for reform and development. As a new initiative to strengthen the comprehensive governance of social management under the new situation, building of a Safe China is a guarantee for building a socialist harmonious society and promoting coordinated development of the economy and society, a popular project to safeguard the fundamental interests of the people, and a basic project to improve the Party's ruling ability and consolidate the Party's ruling status.