BEIJING - A senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official has urged greater effort to promote the ideological education of the nation's college students.

Li Changchun (L), member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, shakes hands with a participant before a meeting on the ideological education of college students in Beijing, China, May 29, 2010. [Photo/Xinhua]

"Continuous efforts should be made to boost college students' ideological thought to nurture qualified successors for the construction of socialism with Chinese characteristics," said Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Li made the remarks at a two-day meeting on the ideological education of college students, held in Beijing on Saturday and Sunday.

Li said although college students' ideological education has achieved good results in recent years, it is still not meeting the needs of the nation, the Party and the expectations of the people and the needs of achieving the healthy development of the students.

He urged universities to create a sound environment for students' healthy growth and to keep ideological education close to reality, life and the students.