All-around strict governance of public security teams is necessary for fulfilling the missions they are tasked with by the Party and people in a new era, said State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Zhao Kezhi on June 19 during an inspection visit to East China’s Jiangxi province.

It will help make greater contributions to accelerating high-quality development of old revolutionary areas and boosting the rise of the central region.

Team building is fundamental to maintaining public security and stability in the new era, he said when visiting primary-level civil police and auxiliary police officers in Nanchang and examining their work against the backdrop of regular epidemic prevention and control.

Zhao stressed the importance of political loyalty and education in preparing police personnel for firmly safeguarding national political security and social stability.

Stringent discipline and rules should be enforced to clean up police teams, with sound systems to strengthen supervision and punish corruption, he added.