China should keep on improving and innovating social governance to "build a safe China at a higher level and further enhance people's sense of security," according to President Xi Jinping.

Xi, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks in a prepared statement about the country's social management.

Meng Jianzhu, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, delivered Xi's statement at a two-day national conference on public security governance which started on October 10 in Nanchang, East China’s Jiangxi province.

"The social governance system of socialism with Chinese characteristics should be improved," Xi said. "We should build a safe China at a higher level."

According to Xi, people working in political and legal affairs and comprehensive social governance have focused on dealing with outstanding problems and innovating social governance methods in recent years, achieving greater results.

Stressing integrated and open governance efforts among various departments, Xi urged a focus on the rule of law and technological innovation and "a heightened capacity to forecast and prevent all kinds of risks."

The president urged Party committees and governments at all levels to pay great attention to the work of social governance and highlight the responsibility of leading officials to ensure safety and development at the local level.

                                                                                                                                 Xinhua contributed to this story.