Zhou Yongkang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the call during a five-day tour of eastern Anhui Province that ended Friday.
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Zhou Yongkang (R), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, talks to a worker at the Anqing Huanxin Group Co., LTD in Anqing, east China's Anhui Province, June 16, 2009 |
Improved living standards would provide the basis of a peaceful society, while social stability was a prerequisite for economic development, he said.
He called on employers to shoulder their social responsibilities and create more jobs, and asked law enforcement personnel to offer better judicial support for creating social peace.