Top Chinese political advisor Jia Qinglin Wednesday called for the nation's united front departments and socialist academies to strengthen education of non-communist party members and non-party personages, to cultivate talented people for the nation.

Jia, chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, made the remarks during a conference held?in Beijing?to push forward the education of non-communist personnel.

Jia, who is also a member of the Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China's Political Bureau, commended the contributions of the united front departments and socialist academies for training a large number of non-communist personnel with outstanding abilities in political and organizational work.

The Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee attaches great importance to non-communist personnel's training work, Jia said.

Recently, the General Office of the CPC Central Committee published a reform and development plan for education and training of non-communist personnel.

To better implement the plan, Jia urged socialist academies nationwide to improve the quality of their teaching.

Jia also urged CPC Party committees enhance their guidance of the training work.

He also stressed the importance of theory, emphasizing the study of the theories of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics and the socialist core value system.