The goal of China's education is to nurture a new generation of capable young people who are well-prepared to join the socialist cause, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday.Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remark while talking with students and teachers at Peking University in Beijing.

Universities should focus on their task of nurturing young people and prepare them to join the socialist cause, uphold their proper political direction, form a high-standard system to cultivate talent and build world-class programs with Chinese characteristics, Xi said.

On behalf of the CPC Central Committee, Xi greeted the university's students and teachers, the country's youth from all ethnic groups and those who work for young people.It's a long-term task to uphold and develop socialism with Chinese characteristics and build China into a modernized socialist country, which needs continuous efforts of numerous generations, Xi said, adding that the young people should shoulder the responsibility of fulfilling national rejuvenation.