Police in areas neighboring Beijing should check every vehicle, object and person entering the city to ensure public security for China's National Day celebrations, said Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, during a visit to Hebei Province and the Tianjin Municipality to oversee the "security moat" project on Tuesday. 

Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, oversaw the "security moat" project on Tuesday.

The safety of China's National Day celebrations and stability in Beijing was of overriding importance,the senior Chinese leader said, police should try to keep "all unstable factors" out of from Beijing and solve them locally. 

"We should ensure the safety of the celebrations with Beijing's stability, and ensure Beijing's stability by that of the neighboring regions," he said.

Zhou also pointed out that the police should do their job in a rational and civilized fashion in accordance with the country's laws and regulations.

The police should, Zhou said, act at grassroots levels to solve people's difficulties and public disputes in order to improve their livelihoods while maintaining public security.

The "security moat",organized by the Ministry of Public Security, is a stability drive in six regions neighboring Beijing, including Hebei, Liaoning, Shandong and Shanxi provinces, the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region and the Tianjin Municipality.

By Lency