New era update urged for Constitution

Inclusion of Xi Thought proposed at key session of CPC Central Committee

The Communist Party of China Central Committee, at a key session that concluded on Friday, proposed to write Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into the Constitution.

The Second Plenary Session of the 19th CPC Central Committee, held from Thursday to Friday, was presided over by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. General Secretary Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at the session.

The session was attended by 203 members and 172 alternative members of the CPC Central Committee, members of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, leading officials in charge of relevant affairs, some deputies to the CPC's 19th National Congress elected from grassroots organizations, and experts.

At the session, the leaders reviewed and adopted a proposal for amending some parts of the Constitution. Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the National People's Congress, introduced the draft proposal at the session.

Major theoretical achievements, principles and policies adopted at the 19th CPC National Congress should be incorporated in the upcoming revision to the Constitution, according to a communique issued after the plenary session.