Senior officials' role 'crucial', Xi says

They must strive for goals set at 19th National Congress, he tells workshop

President Xi Jinping said on Friday that members of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and provincial - and ministerial-level officials are "crucial" to the sound governance of the Party and the country.

Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks at the opening of a workshop attended by newly elected members and alternate members of the CPC Central Committee, as well as provincial- and ministerial-level officials.