BEIJING, July 1 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Wednesday urged Party members to better facilitate their daily work by applying their knowledge and enhanced research ability obtained at a top Party school.

    Xi, also president of the Party School of the Communist Party of China(CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks Wednesday in a meeting with representatives of officials who are in the school for advanced studies and training. Wednesday marks the CPC's 88th birthday.

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (R), member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee and also president of the Party School of CPC Central Committee, shakes hands with representatives of the Party school students in Beijing, China, on July 1, 2009. Xi held a meeting with representatives of officials who are in the Party school for advanced studies and training here on Wednesday.

    He called for Party schools to embrace strictness in school administration and management so as to guarantee quality teaching.

    Students of the Party school were mostly leaders and shouldered great responsibilities, he said, urging them to gain more knowledge, enhance their ability and cultivate their working style through the training and study at the school.