BEIJING – Leaders of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Saturdaydiscussed a structural reform plan of the Party and state institutions.

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee met to revise the draftand decided to submit it to the third plenary session of the 19th CPCCentral Committee, to be held between Feb. 26 and Feb. 28, for review.

The leaders agreed that the Party and state institutions form an importantpart of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and should bereformed to strengthen the Party’s leadership, improve state governance andmake the system efficient.

While acknowledging its contributions, the leaders said the currentstructure of Party and state institutions was not good enough to meet therequirements for various tasks of the new era.

The Party should resolve to tackle institutional obstacles to give fullplay to the advantages of China’s socialist system, they said. Xinhua