President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for more efforts in promoting rule of law and cultivating talent for the cause.
Xi made the remarks on a visit to China University of Political Science and Law ahead of Youth Day, which falls on May 4.
President Xi inspecting China University of Political Science and Law ahead of Youth Day. /Xinhua Photo
Chinese Youth Day commemorates a patriotic campaign that was launched in 1919 by young Chinese students and intellectuals to fight imperialism and feudalism. It is regarded as a mark of the beginning of the new-democratic revolution in China.
Cultivating legal talent
Fully implementing the rule of law is an essential requirement and an important safeguard measure in adhering to and developing socialism with Chinese characteristics, said Xi, while talking with senior law professors and students.
President Xi inspecting China University of Political Science and Law ahead of Youth Day. /Xinhua Photo
The implementation of the rule of law would be impossible without a high-quality legal work force, said Xi.
He called on the country's law schools to enhance their research on basic issues in rule of law and related areas and provide theoretical support for the socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics.
"We should have confidence in developing our own legal sciences discipline and contribute to global rule of law with Chinese wisdom and practice," Xi said.
China should take successful legal practices worldwide as reference, but not simply copy them, he added.
Xi also called for more exchange between scholars and legal professionals.
In cultivating legal talent, Xi highlighted training on students' virtue in addition to teaching legal knowledge.
"Youth as a piece of jade"
China University of Political Science and Law, founded in 1952, is a well-known institution of higher education in China and a long time educational institution for the country to cultivate legal talents.
President Xi with students from China University of Political Science and Law. /Xinhua Photo.
Xi stressed that the future of China belongs to the youth generation while visiting the school, and said the ideals and beliefs of younger generation are an important manifestation of the vitality of a country.
