Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has urged senior Party leaders to set an exemplary and leading role in observing Party rules, reiterating that anti-corruption efforts will always be ongoing as long as the "soil" for corruption remains in place.

Xi made the remarks while chairing a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, which was held on Thursday and Friday.

He urged members of the Political Bureau to take the lead in strictly observing the Party's discipline and rules and in promoting the Party's fine traditions and work style, remain steadfastly loyal to the Party, and selflessly dedicate themselves to the cause of the Party and the people.

The meeting was held in accordance with the Party's traditional practice of criticism and self-criticism, in which Party members reflect on their own performance while providing comments on those of others.

Starting from 2015, the Political Bureau has made it a routine practice at the end of the year to hold such annual sessions in order to promote intra-Party democracy and supervision. This year's meeting centered on Party discipline education, a Party-wide campaign from April to July in which CPC members studied the newly revised Party regulations on disciplinary action to strengthen their discipline awareness and always remain loyal, clean and responsible.

During the two-day meeting, the 24 members of the Political Bureau, the nation's top leadership, each made speeches, reflecting on their own thoughts and work and reviewing that of their colleagues.

Addressing the meeting, Xi said that it was effective in achieving the goals of exchanging ideas, examining problems and finding the way forward. It helped the members of the Political Bureau to enhance unity, improve work styles and strengthen their sense of responsibility and mission, he added.