Chinese police to minimize traffic controls for officials' trips

 BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- China's Ministry¹ of Public Security has ordered the country's police "not to arrange road closures in general" and to "minimize time for 

 

traffic controls" arranged for officials' trips.

 

Coming in response to central authority's latest call to fight formalism and bureaucracy, including excessive security measures that disrupt traffic, the ministry said 

 

in a circular made public on Friday that the moves aim to "avoid inconveniencing the public wherever possible" and guarantee their normal traffic rights.

 

Local police officers are encouraged to step up inspection² and research so as to better solve problems of major public concern, according to a statement from the 

 

ministry's traffic management bureau.

 

Efforts should also be made to better educate police to curb³ formalism and bureaucracy at various levels, the statement urged.

 

The ministry also asked its traffic management staff to address inconvenient⁴, opaque⁵ and nonstandardized practices in law enforcement to ensure justice and equality.

 

The ministry made the arrangement in response to new requirements announced after a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central 

 

Committee earlier this week.

 

The new CPC leadership demanded, "There should be fewer traffic controls arranged for leaders' travel security in order to avoid unnecessary inconvenience to the 

 

public."

1 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

2 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

3 curb   

n.场外证券市场，场外交易；vt.制止，抑制

参考例句：

• I could not curb my anger.我按捺不住我的愤怒。
• You must curb your daughter when you are in church.你在教堂时必须管住你的女儿。

4 inconvenient   

adj.不方便的，令人感到麻烦的

参考例句：

• You have come at a very inconvenient time.你来得最不适时。
• Will it be inconvenient for him to attend that meeting?他参加那次会议会不方便吗？

5 opaque   

adj.不透光的；不反光的，不传导的；晦涩的

参考例句：

• The windows are of opaque glass.这些窗户装着不透明玻璃。
• Their intentions remained opaque.他们的意图仍然令人费解。