Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping said yesterday that universities should pay more attention to the Communist Party of China (CPC) organ development on campus.

Party organs on campus are an important mechanism to unite and organize teachers and students, Xi said at a meeting here on CPC organ development on campus.

It will also help the universities to improve students' virtue and foster talents that fit the need of the country, he added.

Xi appreciated the great progress Chinese universities have made in developing CPC organs on campuses in the past three decades.

The CPC work shall always serve the reform and development of universities and personal development of students, he said. It should aim to maintain stability on campus and adapt to changing realities, he said.

Universities should try to recruit high-quality grassroots Party workers, who love and are good at this work, and create a favorable working and living environment for them, he said.

When it comes to the university administration, Xi said, college heads should not only have outstanding academic performance but also stand out in personal virtue and capability to manage people.