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The CPC Central Committee with Xi as the core has opened a new era for state governance, Wang Qishan, head of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said at a panel discussion of political advisors from the Communist Youth League of China, the All-China Youth Federation, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions and the All-China Women's Federation.

Wang Qishan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, joins a panel discussion with political advisors from the Communist Youth League of China, the All-China Federation of Trade Unions, the All-China Women's Federation and the All-China Youth Federation at the fifth session of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) in Beijing, capital of China, March 4, 2017. (Xinhua/Xie Huanchi)

The CPC's leadership is the essence of socialism with Chinese characteristics, Wang said.

Wang added that organizations under the CPC's leadership should unite people around the CPC and consolidate the political basis for the Party's governance.