BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhua) -- A regulation improving the code of conduct for Communist Party of China (CPC) local committees was approved Monday.

The regulation was passed during a meeting presided over by CPC Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping.

Local CPC committees are the foundation of the CPC's governance, according to the statement issued after the meeting.

CPC committees at the provincial, municipal and county levels are the centers of leadership of their respective regions. They are crucial to the sound implementation of decisions and objectives outlined by the central leadership, the statement added.

The regulation underlines the political responsibility of local Party committees to upholding Party discipline, and improving local committees' operational mechanisms.