BEIJING, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Li Changchun, a senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Tuesday urged to provide the country's blind people with easier access to braille publications, textbooks and library services.

Li, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, made the comment when inspecting the China Braille Publishing House in Beijing.

He said the CPC Central Committee attached great importance to the well-being of China's handicapped population, including the blind people.

He called for stepped-up efforts to provide the blind with better cultural products and services to satisfy their growing need.