Senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Xi Jinping on Wednesday stressed the training of newly inaugurated officials during this year's local leadership reshuffling.
As officials at local levels were reorganized this year, a number of new leaders took office. It's imperative to build their leadership capacity as well as to make them excellent Party members, Xi, who is the member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and also president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, said while talking with some 60 students at a symposium.
Xi added that as China stands at a critical juncture of deepening its reform and opening-up drive as well as restructuring its economy, officials should face difficult problems head on and live up to their responsibilities.
Xi also stressed that personal integrity is the most important criterion for selecting officials, and those who always hold on to their principles and never shy away from duties are preferred.
