The Communist Party of China (CPC), which has united and led the Chinese people in emerging from poverty and weakness and blazing a path of Chinese modernization, will mark the 105th anniversary of its founding on July 1.

One of the major reasons the CPC has ensured lasting vitality is believed to be its efforts of strengthening self-governance and self-reform within the Party.

Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has called for advancing full and rigorous Party self-governance with higher standards and more concrete measures.

Here are some of Xi's key remarks on the topic.