BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- President Xi Jinping has called for expediting the building of the Communist Party of China (CPC) into a Marxist learning party and the nurturing of a love of learning in the people.

Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks in a preface he wrote for a series of textbooks designed to be learning and training materials for officials across the country, an official statement said Thursday.

The study and implementation of the thought on socialism with Chinese characteristics for a new era should have a central place on the agenda, according to the preface, which urges Party members and officials to improve themselves and meet the requirements of being loyal to the Party, having moral integrity, and demonstrating a keen sense of responsibility.