Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, delivers a speech at a CPPCC member teleconference, which calls on schools to promote outstanding traditional Chinese culture, in Beijing, capital of China, Nov 27, 2020. [Xinhua/Yin Bogu]

BEIJING -- Wang Yang, chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, on Friday called on schools to promote outstanding traditional Chinese culture.

Wang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remarks during a CPPCC member teleconference. 

Wang said outstanding traditional Chinese culture should be taught to every child to cultivate builders for socialist undertakings with cultural confidence. 

The CPPCC members proposed that school curriculums should be properly designed to match different learning stages, using more engaging teaching methods to increase student interest in outstanding traditional Chinese culture, and that financial and personnel supports should be bolstered.