国内英语新闻:Chinese vice president urges officials to listen to opinions from masses

BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping Wednesday urged officials to pay more grassroots visits to listen to opinions from the masses and take more practical actions in people's interests.

Xi, president of the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks while talking to officials studying at the school.

Stressing efforts to forge closer relations between the CPC and the masses, Xi, also a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said officials should always think like the masses and devote themselves to the work for the public's good.

He also called on officials to spare no efforts in eliminating public grievances and safeguarding people's interests, as well as calling for more cordiality in handling work concerning the masses.

Further, he encouraged CPC officials to step up learning, especially of socialist theories with Chinese characteristics and always learn more about the latest achievements in combining Marxism with China's reality.