Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said organizations and individuals must all act in conformity with the Constitution and the laws.

Presiding on Saturday over a seminar of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Xi said that all citizens, social organizations and government agencies must exercise their rights or power, and fulfill their obligations in accordance with the Constitution and the laws.

He called for public education on laws, cultivation of rule-of-law spirit and the promotion of a social environment in which all people abide by law and settle their problems by legal means.

Furthermore, Xi said the rule of law and the rule of virtue must go hand in hand, and the rule of law must be better observed in social management.