Opinions heard on draft plan

The upcoming reform of the institutions of the Communist Party of China and the State will seek to tackle some difficult major issues of public concern and exert significant influence over socioeconomic development, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said on Tuesday.

The reform will give priority to key sectors and areas and come up with targeted and strong measures that are wide-ranging and touch upon deeply vested interests, he added.

Xi, who is also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks while presiding over a consultative meeting to hear opinions and inform non-CPC political parties, the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and the personages without party affiliation of a draft plan on the reform of Party and State institutions.