He said it is necessary to steadily explore a new phase in the population work with a full understanding of the protracted and complicated nature of the work and thus create a favorable environment for population for the purpose of developing the economy and society during the 12th five year plan.

Officials in the field of the population work, in particular, should go deep among masses and improve the work with them so that they may play the role of a mediator closely linking the party and the government with masses, he added.