Senior political advisors study Xi's speech at CPC disciplinary agency plenum

BEIJING -- China's senior political advisors met on Wednesday to study a speech delivered by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, at the fifth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, as well as the plenum's guiding principles.

Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee and secretary of its leading Party members group, presided over and addressed the meeting convened by the CPPCC National Committee's leading Party members group.

Wednesday's meeting called for efforts to resolutely implement the major decisions and plans of the CPC Central Committee, effectively place the exercise of power under institutional constraints, and advance the fight against corruption with a clearer mind and stronger resolve.

It also stressed the need for the CPPCC to uphold the Party's overall leadership and carry out consultation and political deliberation closely in line with the major tasks and strategic measures determined in the 15th Five-Year Plan, so as to pool wisdom and strength to ensure a good start to its implementation.