Liu Qibao, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, who is also head of the CPC Central Committee's Publicity Department, addresses a symposium about implementing the spirits of the CPC Central Committee on inspection of the Party's ideology-related organizations in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2017. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)
A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Monday called for efforts to create a good atmosphere for the 19th CPC National Congress scheduled for later this year.
Liu Qibao, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks when attending a meeting on ideological work.
While stressing the CPC's leadership over ideological work, Liu said efforts should be made to guide the ideological work with the outcomes of the Party's theoretical innovation.
Efforts should also be made to improve the influence and credibility of mainstream ideology and to consolidate the guiding status of Marxism in ideological work, according to Liu.
He also said the requirements of strict Party governance should be implemented in ideological work.
