Zhou Yongkang (C), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Political and Legal Affairs, presides over a plenary meeting of the commission in Beijing, capital of China, Oct. 19, 2011, to study the spirit of the sixth plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee. (Xinhua/Zhang Duo)

BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Yongkang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Wednesday urged law enforcers to do more to counter irregularities in cultural fields, in a bid to promote the healthy development of the country`s cultural industry.

Zhou, who is also the secretary of the Political Science and Law Committee of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at a meeting of the committee held to relay the essential points of the sixth plenary session of the 17th CPC Central Committee, which adopted a guideline on boosting cultural reform and development. The session concluded Tuesday.

Social evils involving pornography, gambling and narcotics must be seriously handled, said Zhou, calling for tightened supervision efforts to maintain normal market order of the cultural industry.

Zhou demanded a tougher fight against online criminal activities.

He said that procuratorial, judicial and public security authorities must be loyal to the CPC, the nation, the people and the laws, always put people in the first place, and be just and honest.

Zhou stressed efforts to improve social security systems, prevent and fight criminal activities, and crack down on the illegal activities of infiltration and subversion by external hostile forces.

Editor: Chen Zhi