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BEIJING, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) leader Liu Yunshan on Thursday urged officials to safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core.

Liu Yunshan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, speaks at the closing ceremony of a workshop on the 6th Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, attended by ministerial and provincial officials, at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee in Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 16, 2017.(Xinhua/Liu Weibing)

Liu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the remarks at the closing ceremony of a workshop attended by ministerial and provincial officials at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.

During the workshop on the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, attendees strengthened their understanding of various remarks by Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, and their understanding of comprehensive and strict governance of the Party.

Liu told attendees that safeguarding the authority of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core should be the top political requirement of officials.

He called for deepening ideological education, tightening political discipline, and strengthening management and supervision over Party members and cadres.