BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has called on scholars to enhance the study of localization of Marxism in China.

　　Xi, also president of the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, sent a congratulatory letter to the China Marxism Forum held by the China Foundation for Marxism Studies on Dec. 8 and 9, saying more efforts should be made to study the fruit of the Marxism's localization in China.

　　Xi, a Standing Committee member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, said in the letter that Marxism was the Party and the nation's founding theories, and the Party had combined the theory with the country's realities and the characteristics of the age.

　　He said the forum should become an influential platform for publicizing Marxism research results and promoting Marxism.

Editor: Mu Xuequan