BEIJING -- The China Law Society (CLS) will try to be the think tank for ensuring every dimension of governance is law-based, said its chief, Wang Chen, at a forum Thursday.

The CLS should firmly uphold the Party's leadership and lead legal workers to follow the path of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics, said Wang, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee.

The organization should take the advantage of its extensive connections among legal academia and professions and act as a bridge linking legal workers with the Party and government, he said.