Creative teaching required for classes on ideology

China's ideological and political teachers should uphold firm Marxist belief and boost creativity in teaching to cultivate talent to build socialism, President Xi Jinping said on Monday.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark while presiding over a symposium in Beijing for teachers of ideological and political theory.

It's the first time that the CPC Central Committee has held such a high-level symposium of ideological and political teachers with the participation of senior officials from the organization, publicity, reform and education departments.