The CCP CC's Organisation Department's publication "Party Building Research" in the editorial its seventh issue of 2017 on June 16, 2017, entitled "under the banner of the great banner of innovation in the party's progress," said "Since the 18th Party Congress, General Secretary Xi Jinping took the baton of history, in the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation in the new journey, with extraordinary theoretical courage, superb political wisdom, perseverance History to play the spirit of the great struggle, great works, great cause, around the reform and development and stability, internal and external political defense, rule the party and state administration issued a series of important speeches, the formation of a series of interrelated, mutual governance of the new concept of governance new Thinking new strategies to further enrich and develop the party's scientific theory. " The article said that these innovative theories "can also be called Xi Jinping's thought", describing it as"the latest achievement of Marxism in China, is the latest development of the theoretical system of socialism with Chinese characteristics, is the most fresh Marxism in contemporary China." The paper reported that the CCP CC's General Office has embarked on the revision of the Party Constitution and will be written into the Party Constitution and will initiate the revision of the Constitution.

(Comment: This is the first such reference to 'Xi Jinping Thought' noticed in an official Party publication.)