CPC must lead in political, legal area, Xi says

The Communist Party of China's absolute leadership over political and legal systems must be upheld, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said in an instruction released on Monday.

Xi, also president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark in an instruction on the country's political and legal spheres. The instruction was publicized at the Central Political and Legal Work Conference in Beijing.

Guo Shengkun, a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the committee, presented Xi's instruction and spoke at the conference.