'Strictly follow Constitution'

New Communist Party of China chief Xi Jinping has called on all Party members to carefully study and strictly follow the Constitution of the CPC, in a bid to promote awareness of the Party's mission and sense of responsibility.

He said the newly amended CPC Constitution reflects the Party's major theories and achievements and keeps pace with the times, according to an article he wrote over the weekend and published by the Xinhua News Agency on Monday.

The Party's Constitution, adopted at last week's 18th National Congress of the CPC, lists the Scientific Outlook on Development as the Party's guidelines for action, along with Marxism-Leninism, the Mao Zedong Thought, the Deng Xiaoping Theory and the important thought of the Three Represents.

It also includes statements on the socialist system, path and theories with Chinese characteristics and on the need to promote ecological progress.

Reform and opening-up is highlighted in the amendment as "the path to a stronger China" and the "salient feature" of the new period in China.

"Nothing can be accomplished without norms or standards," he wrote.

In the article, he also urged Party members to be more confident in socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Xinhua-China Daily