Politburo Standing Committee Member Wang Huning presided over the 27th National Conference on Party Building in Colleges and Universities on August 17. He asked universities to“[Make] solid progress on Party building and ideological and political work at higher education institutions, with efforts focusing on the fundamental tasks of building virtues and morality.” Wang Huning stressed that “[We must] strive to train socialist builders and successors with a well-rounded education” and that “[We must] improve the system of Party building in colleges and universities…[and] enhance the political function of grass-roots Party organizations.”