Public security bureaus across the country received more than 200,000 letters and visits from citizens who had grievances to air during the four months, and 180,000 of them have been dealt with.

By grass root building, I mean we will increase the ability and vitality of local police stations, the criminal police force, patrolling policemen and so on.

Police officers are allowed to legally use guns.

Beijing is the capital for all Chinese so we won't bar anyone from coming to Beijing during the meetings.

Nowadays, about 70 to 80 percent of problems facing common people are solved by grass roots units. We want to allocate more of the police force to grass roots units so people's sense of security can be enhanced.

The policy caters to traditional Chinese customs but puts huge pressure on our fire departments. In response to the policy, we had urged fire police at all levels not to leave duty during the festival, and increase patrol frequencies.