Xi chairs CPC leadership meeting on Xizang quake relief

BEIJING, Jan. 9 -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, chaired a CPC leadership meeting on Thursday to study and arrange disaster relief following a 6.8-magnitude quake that struck Xizang Autonomous Region earlier this week.

The meeting of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee emphasized that the disaster relief is still at a critical stage and there must be no slackening in the relief work.

Efforts must be made to ensure a decisive victory in this tough battle against the disaster, the meeting stressed.