Efforts urged to more fully honor spirit of Constitution

President Xi Jinping stressed the significant role of the Constitution on Tuesday, calling for promoting the spirit of the document and upholding its fundamental legal authority.

Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, emphasized the law's power in governance, adding that the quality of its implementation needs to be improved.

He made the remarks on the country's fifth Constitution Day, which fell on Tuesday, with a call for more efforts to guide all people to loyally uphold, willingly comply with and firmly safeguard the socialist rule of law.