Senior CPC official Luo Gan has called for enhancing social security work to create a good social environment for building a harmonious society.

At a two-day national meeting on comprehensive management of public security in Suzhou which opened Friday, Luo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee said that it is China's pressing need of creating a stable and secure social environment to build a harmonious society.

Luo, also director of the Central Committee for Comprehensive Management of Public Security urged local governments to prevent and find solutions to various social conflicts so as to safeguard social stability.

Serious crimes should be severely punished and security should be strengthened at the basic level, Luo said.

He called for coordinated work of departments at all levels to build a secure society with innovative work approaches.

(Xinhua News Agency April 30, 2006)