BEIJING, April 28 -- Top political advisor Wang Yang on Saturday called for joint efforts to advance multiparty cooperation and political consultation led by the Communist Party of China (CPC).

Wang made the statement at a meeting to mark the 70th anniversary of a call made by the CPC Central Committee on April 30, 1948 in which it called on non-communist parties, as well as people without party affiliation, to convene a political consultative conference and found a democratic coalition government.

Wang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, noted that the call from the CPC Central Committee received ardent responses and laid the foundation for the system of multiparty cooperation and political consultation led by the CPC.

He pointed out that 70 years later, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, had called the system "a new type of party system growing from China's soil," which opened a new chapter for the development of multiparty cooperation in the new era.

"It's necessary to unwaveringly uphold Party leadership and uphold General Secretary Xi's core status, as well as uphold the authority and the centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee," said Wang, who also called on non-communist parties to enhance their capabilities to perform duties.