Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has spoken highly of the grand celebrations of the centenary of the Party's founding and called for using the strong positive energy generated by the series of events to pool strength for national rejuvenation.

Xi, who is also China's president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, met on Tuesday with representatives of participants in the preparations for the celebrations, and he expressed appreciation for their work and achievements.

While presiding over a recent meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Xi stressed that grandly celebrating the 100th anniversary of the Party's founding was a major decision made by the CPC Central Committee from a strategic and overall perspective, according to a news release issued on Tuesday.

During that meeting, Xi called the celebrations a major event for the Party and the State in the political field, saying that the celebrations had promoted unity, inspired people and boosted their morale.

As the preparations for the celebrations involved a large number of people as well as massive coordination efforts, Xi said the participants had faithfully implemented the decisions and measures of the CPC Central Committee and worked effectively to make the celebrations a grand occasion of the Party and a festival for the people.

Xi called for taking advantage of the strong passion and positive energy to pool strength for fully building China into a modern socialist country.

Efforts should be made to draw from the experience and wisdom of the century-old history of the Party to better understand and leverage the laws governing historical development, Xi said.

He underlined the importance of building a strong Party to ensure it is, as always, the core of the leadership for the cause of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Greater efforts should be made to present the CPC's story to the world in order to effectively improve the global influence of the Party and the State, Xi said.

He called for summing up the successful experiences of organizing the celebration activities.

Xi also urged follow-up steps to consolidate the results of the celebrations, and to work hard to make a good start with the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) and achieving the second centenary goal of building a modern socialist country by 2049, when the People's Republic of China celebrates its centenary.

Speaking at Tuesday's meeting with representatives of the participants in preparations for the celebrations, Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and a member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, called for advancing the thematic campaign of Party history learning.