BEIJING, Dec. 4 -- General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Xi Jinping has urged all Party members to learn Marxist philosophy to better understand the country's situation and help push forward all types work.

Xi made the remarks on Tuesday at a group study of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, China's top leadership, on the basic theory and methodology of Karl Marx's historical materialism.

Historical materialism is a methodological approach to the study of society, economics and history.

When presiding over the group study, Xi said Marxist philosophy, which has revealed the general rule of human society development, still has strong vitality.

Members of the political bureau listened to lectures delivered by Professor Guo Zhan from Renmin University and Professor Han Qingxiang with the Party School of the CPC Central Committee.