BEIJING, Dec. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping on Friday called for continued efforts to further study and practice the Scientific Outlook on Development.

    Xi made the remarks at a meeting on further studying and practicing the Scientific Outlook on Development, which emphasizes the well-being of people and comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development.

    The CPC launched an 18-month campaign to study and implement the outlook in September last year.

    The campaign had so far yielded positive results, Xi said.

    The Vice President urged relevant authorities to focus on improving social harmony and stability as well as party building at grassroots levels.

    They should also focus on speeding up the transformation of the country's economic development mode, and should make meticulous plans for next year's work, in order to push forward reforms and development and maintain stability, he said.