Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, on Thursday stressed the importance of promoting the great founding spirit of the Party and the spirit of Yan'an, and striving in unity to fulfill the goals and tasks set by the 20th CPC National Congress.

Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, led the other members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee – Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi – on a trip to Yan'an, an old revolutionary base in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, on Thursday.