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Xi calls for building world-class universities with Chinese characteristics

Xinhua,May 02, 2018 Adjust font size:

BEIJING, May 2 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Wednesday called for building world-class universities with Chinese characteristics to nurture people well-prepared to join the socialist cause.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the statement during an inspection tour of Peking University (PKU), ahead of China's Youth Day and the 120th anniversary of PKU, both falling on May 4. Enditem