A new plan to make the public more aware of their legal rights stresses the relevance of the Communist Party of China's (CPC) code of conduct.
The CPC Central Committee's Publicity Department and the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) recently formulated the seventh Five-Year Plan on increasing public knowledge of the law, which covers the period from 2016 to 2020.
Aside from understanding the Constitution and the laws of China, the new plan says the public should fully grasp the concept of rule of law, CPC regulations, and socialist core values, and how they relate to their day-to-day lives, according to the MOJ.
The main targets of the campaign are leading officials and teenagers, said the MOJ, adding that civil servants must also enhance their understanding of law, and leading cadres should lead by example.
The Internet was identified as a perfect platform to disseminate information in this regard, and authorities at all levels were called on to give education on law a heavier weighting when evaluating officials' performance, the MOJ said.
Earlier this month, a document on the education of civil servants was published.
