Xi: Lead, represent nation's young people

President urges Communist Youth League to set example

The Communist Party of China's leadership over the country's youth work must be firmly upheld in the new era, President Xi Jinping said on Monday.

Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark while meeting with newly elected leading officials of the Communist Youth League of China at the Zhongnanhai leadership compound in Beijing.