CPC meeting stresses Party's leadership within universities

BEIJING - A meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Wednesday emphasized the Party's authority over higher education institutes. The meeting, presided over by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, was held to review a report on the Party's inspection of 31 major universities.

Higher education should be a nurturing environment for the inheritors of the socialist cause and support the development of Marxism, according to a statement released after the meeting.

Inspectors have carried out "thorough political examinations" of 31 major universities, including Peking University and Tsinghua University.