Chinese President Hu Jintao (R, front) meets Monday individual delegates from across the country who were awarded honors in Beijing for their dedication to public order.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, May 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese top leaders met Monday individual delegates from across the country who were awarded honors in Beijing for their dedication to public order.

    President Hu Jintao, Premier Wen Jiabao, Vice President Xi Jinping, and Zhou Yongkang, chief of the Central Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), attended the meeting held at the Great Hall of the People.

    The leaders are all members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

    Zhou said at an awarding ceremony after the meeting that local governments had put great endeavor to maintaining stable social order and public security.

    He urged Party organs at all levels to take the initiative of blending comprehensive control of social public security with overall economic and social development.

    The senior official asked local governments to improve their capability of handling public security emergencies and actively prevent potential social conflicts.

    The Chinese government has carried out a strategy to maintain social order and public security by involving volunteers and Party members in enterprises, offices, universities and even the retirees to help the police authorities with information and supervision on minor conflicts and suspected crimes.

    At the awarding ceremony which was also viewed nationally by a tele-conference system, outstanding individuals and organizations were given honors for their endeavor and dedication to the country's smooth social order.

    Zhou encouraged the honored individuals and institutions to have more innovative ideas and methods to promote the overall control of social order.

    He stressed that local governments should enhance and expand the grassroots network of the social order's maintaining units and take the advantage of the public's power and wisdom.

    The local authorities should also pay more attention to educational work and prevention measures in addition to fighting and punishing criminals.

    By continuing preventative efforts to maintain public security, the governments should improve their abilities of social management and public service, Zhou added.