BEIJING – Leading Party members of China's top legislature and top political advisory body met on Friday to study and discuss plans to implement the guiding principles from the third plenary session of the 20th Communist Party of China Central Committee.

The meeting of the leading Party members' group of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress was presided over by the group's secretary, Zhao Leji, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the NPC Standing Committee.

The Friday meeting said the plenum was a gathering of significant importance, held during a critical period in China's endeavors to build a great country and move toward national rejuvenation on all fronts through Chinese modernization.

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The Resolution of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China on Further Deepening Reform Comprehensively to Advance Chinese Modernization, which was adopted at the CPC plenum, sets overall plans and settles key issues concerning future reforms, and will serve as a guiding document for further reforms, the meeting said.

The thorough study and implementation of the plenum's guiding principles will be a major political task for some time to come, the meeting noted.

National legislators have been urged to carefully study the plenum's guiding principles, grasp the essentials, and faithfully implement the legislative and supervisory tasks and measures determined at the plenum.

FULL TEXT: Communique of the 3rd Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee

Meanwhile, Wang Huning, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the CPPCC National Committee, chaired the meeting of the leading Party members' group of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

The leading Party members' group of the CPPCC National Committee expressed confidence and resolve to follow through with reform and opening-up, pledging to rally together to implement the plenum's guiding principles.

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It was emphasized at the meeting that the CPPCC, as a major channel for socialist consultative democracy and as a specialized consultative body, should make suggestions on and contribute to further deepening reform comprehensively.