The Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee on Thursday held a meeting to hear a report on the emergency response to the recent China Eastern Airlines plane crash.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, chaired the meeting, which made arrangements for further follow-up.

During the meeting, the Standing Committee stressed the importance of putting people's lives first and properly handling the situation.

Efforts should be continued to preserve the dignity of the deceased and provide more solace to their families, said the committee.

It also called for a scientific and orderly investigation into the incident to find out its cause and nature and said all related information should be published in a timely, accurate, open and transparent manner.

China Eastern Airlines flight MU 5735 crashed into a mountainous area in Tengxian County, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, on March 21, killing all 132 people aboard.

Read more: 

Xi urges all-out rescue work after south China's passenger plane crash

Core search and rescue mission for China jetliner crash complete: official