China will launch an education campaign on the judiciary and police on "the socialist concept of rule of law", focusing on governance according to law.

Addressing a seminar in Beijing attended by high-ranking judicial and police officials, senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Luo Gan said the CPC Central Committee with Hu Jintao as general secretary formulated "the socialist concept of rule of law" after considering the experiences of China and other countries.

"It indicates our party has gained a deeper understanding of how to build a socialist country with Chinese characteristics under the rule of law and the law of governance," said Luo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the seminar from April 11 to 13.

The socialist concept of rule of law, said Luo, mainly consisted of the following aspects: governance according to law, enforcing the law for the people, equality and justice, and leadership of the CPC.

Luo, also secretary of the Committee of Political Science and Law under the CPC Central Committee, described it as an "advanced concept of rule of law" that conformed with the interests and needs of the people.

He called on judicial and police staff to use "the socialist concept of rule of law" to ensure their work maintained the socialist direction and improved their ability to uphold socialist rule of law.

Luo said as the Chinese economy and society underwent profound changes, the clarity of guidelines for law enforcement was necessary to help judicial and public security staff adapt to the situation.

He ordered them to continue cracking down on criminal gangs and to go all-out for social harmony and stability "to create a sound and stable social environment and a just and efficient law enforcement environment for the smooth implementation of the 11th Five-Year Program (2006-2010) and the building of a socialist harmonious society".