BEIJING — Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, said that any attempt to divide the Party from the Chinese people or to set the people against the Party is bound to fail.

Xi, also Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, made the remarks when addressing a ceremony marking the centenary of the CPC on July 1.

"The more than 95 million Party members and the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people will never allow such a scenario to come to pass," Xi said.