Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping (L) shakes hands with a student at a graduation ceremony held by the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee in Beijing, capital of China, July 13, 2012. [Xinhua]

Vice President Xi Jinping on Friday attended a graduation ceremony held by the Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.

Xi, who is also president of the CPC's top Party school, awarded graduation certificates to 740 officials who completed the school's spring semester.

Li Jingtian, the school's executive vice president, called on the graduates to continue their studies and earnestly implement the CPC Central Committee's policies as part of their efforts to embrace the upcoming 18th National Congress of the CPC.

Several graduates said that their studies have helped them to better understand Party purity and political issues, enhance their "Party spirit" and improve their abilities.