BEIJING, June 24 (Xinhua) -- The State Anti-Drug Committee held a
full-member conference here on Tuesday to study recent instructions by state and
Communist Party leaders, who have demanded that the current anti-drug campaign
be considered a long-term task and the subject of persistent efforts.
The leaders are State President and Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee General Secretary Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, and Zhou Yongkang,
member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau
and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Political and Legislative
Affairs.
The leaders ordered a continuation of the people's war against drugs and
urged significant achievements in publicizing anti-drug knowledge, cracking down
on the drug trade in accordance with the law, strengthening management in the
anti-drug campaign, and carrying out international cooperation.
According to State Councilor and Minister of Public Security Meng Jianzhu,
who presided over the meeting, the leaders also called for making the
implementation of the Anti-drug Law a turning point to strengthen law
enforcement.
In addition to studying leaders' instructions, the participants also heard
reports on the anti-drug work of the past few years and studied the arrangements
for the next stage of the campaign.
China has attached great importance to the anti-drug campaign. While
constantly cracking down on domestic drug smuggling, Chinese law enforcement
departments have cooperated with foreign governments to fight drug trade around
the globe.
With assistance from China, many Myanmar farmers have turned to growing
grain instead of opium poppies.
Recently, a number of drug smugglers have been executed or sentenced to
prison in China.