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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang presides over a meeting of the Leading Party Members' Group of the State Council to discuss how to realize full and rigorous Party management within the government Ezekiel Elliott Youth Jersey , in Beijing, capital of China, Jan. 16, 2018.(XinhuaPang Xinglei)
BEIJING, Jan. 17 (Xinhua) -- Leading Party members with the State Council on Wednesday pledged to closely follow the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee with Xi Jinping at the core.


At a meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang Chaz Green Womens Jersey , the leading Party members' group of the State Council discussed work on full and rigorous Party management within the government.


The State Council will "firmly safeguard Xi's status as the core of the CPC Central Committee and the whole Party, and the authority and centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee," said the statement issued after the meeting.


The cabinet will strictly follow political discipline and fully implement decisions by the Party leadership in government work, the statement said.


The State Council will better discipline and encourage civil servants to be devoted and innovative.


Leading officials of the State Council should set an example of abiding by rules against undesirable work styles Byron Jones Womens Jersey , refuse privileges and cut bureaucracy, the statement said.


The cabinet will root up corruption through reforms, such as simplifying administrative procedures, delegating powers and cutting tax and fees.


Improving transparency and supervision will be another means to curb corruption. The State Council decided to tighten up fiscal management, expand publicity of budgets Maliek Collins Womens Jersey , strictly oversee transactions involving public resources and state-owned enterprises.


Vice Premiers Zhang Gaoli and Wang Yang attended the meeting.


Leaders of the European Union institutions weighed into a new British debate on whether to hold a second referendum on Brexit by saying on Tuesday that Britons would be welcome to stay in the EU.


Prime Minister Theresa May and her main opponent Jeremy Corbyn have ruled out giving voters a chance to approve whatever withdrawal treaty is agreed with Brussels before Britain leaves the bloc in March 2019. However, campaigners on both sides of the debate have raised the issue again this month.


Updating the European Parliament on a summit he chaired last month at which EU leaders agreed to open talks with London on their post-Brexit future, European Council President Donald Tusk took the opportunity to support those calling for a rethink.


"Brexit will become a reality, with all its negative consequences, in March next year Jaylon Smith Womens Jersey , unless there is a change of heart among our British friends," the former Polish premier said. "We here on the continent haven't had a change of heart.


"Our hearts are still open to you."


Picking up on Tusk's comment, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, whose executive arm is negotiating Britain's departure, added his endorsement: "He said that our door is still open. I hope this is heard in London."


Constitutional lawyers are divided on whether Britain can withdraw its two-year notice to quit but the exchanges underline a view in Brussels that an EU political consensus could be found to avert Brexit -- even if most are now resigned to Britain leaving and believe the Union will weather the disruption.


May's spokesman repeated her determination to follow through on Brexit Xavier Woods Womens Jersey , even though she campaigned against it in 2016.


In the debate, senior EU lawmakers called on her to offer more clarity on what she wants. Some mocked her, with the top German conservative skewering her announcement that she would restore Britain's old blue passports after Brexit as a "scam".




TOUGH TERMS


Member states are discussing among themselves a new set of negotiating instructions for Juncker's negotiator Michel Barnier ahead of the expected launch of talks on a post-Brexit transition period during which much of the status quo would be maintained.


Diplomats say those discussions reveal a firm line among the 27 on holding Britain to commitments to accepting continued obligations to the Union during the transition, including accepting continued free immigration from the EU and being subject to EU courts -- key complaints of Brexit supporters.