The Communist Party of China has decided to launch a thematic campaign for the entire Party to study and implement Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, highlighting the need to advance the Party's self-reform and maintain its advanced nature and purity.

A meeting on Thursday of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee — the Party's central decision-making body — adopted the decision to conduct the campaign within the Party starting from April, focusing on officials at and above the county and director level, according to a statement issued after the meeting.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, presided over the meeting.

It was pointed out at the meeting that the campaign is to use the Party's new theories to achieve unity in thought, will and action, carry forward the great founding spirit of the Party, and see that the whole Party strives in unity to build a modern socialist country in all respects and advance the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation on all fronts.

The meeting highlighted the significance of the campaign in enabling Party members to comprehensively study, grasp and put in place the guiding principles of the 20th CPC National Congress, apply the new development philosophy, foster a new pattern of development, promote high-quality development and advance the Chinese path to modernization.

It is also instrumental to forging ahead with the Party's self-reform, staying alert and determined to tackle the special challenges that a large party like the CPC faces, always remaining close to the people and maintaining the Party's advanced nature and purity, the statement said.

The campaign is also key to providing strong and powerful political guidance and a political guarantee in forging ahead in the new journey and making greater contributions in the new era, according to the statement.

The meeting laid out the overall requirements and fundamental tasks for the thematic campaign, calling on Party members to apply what they have learned in practice, act on their beliefs, and turn Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era into a powerful force for strengthening ideals, enhancing Party consciousness, guiding practice and advancing work.

The purpose is to ensure that the entire Party can always maintain unity in thought, firm beliefs, coordinated actions and strong vigor, the statement said.

The campaign is expected to attain goals for strengthening the spirit of Party members, building up their character and loyalty, and enabling them to promote development through concrete actions, enhancing the people's well-being through acting on the fundamental purposes of the CPC and promoting clean governance.

The meeting called on Party committees and leading Party members groups at all levels to address the pressing concerns of the people, make special efforts in tackling prominent problems, and ensure that the campaign is carried out in an effective and sustainable manner.

The meeting also deliberated on the regulations on the reporting of personal information by officials.

Reporting personal information to authorities truthfully is a political and organizational discipline that officials must abide by, said the meeting, calling on officials to willingly submit to organizational oversight.

The meeting called on senior officials to take the lead in implementation by reporting their personal information, thereby setting a good example.