Chinese President and General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping speaks at the Central Economic Work Conference in Beijing, Dec 11, 2014.[Photo/Xinhua]

BEIJING - China's central leadership demanded continued efforts and new achievements in comprehensively deepening reform in 2015, while underscoring the quality of reform.

"Continued efforts are needed to beef up the good momentum of reform," said Chinese President and General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping at Tuesday's eighth meeting of the central leading group for comprehensively deepening reform.

"Strike the iron while it's hot," said Xi, who leads the group.

Li Keqiang, Liu Yunshan and Zhang Gaoli also attended the meeting, presided over by Xi.

"Speed must follow quality. Detailed implementation plans must be issued as soon as possible after crucial reform measures are unveiled to ensure their implementation do not face obstacles," said a statement released Tuesday after meeting.

Underscoring the need for meticulous research, the statement said the implementation of major plans must be supervised and problems identified as early as possible.

According to the statement, 80 key tasks identified for 2014 had been "basically finished" in addition to the completion of 108 missions assigned to various central departments.

"Some of these tasks concerned top-level master reform plans to guide a specific field or reform plans that involve multiple organs and fields. Some had been in the pipeline for years, others were trail-blazing pilot programs," it said.

The statement noted that 2015 is a crucial year for comprehensively deepening reform, and called for enhancing the sense of responsibility and resolution.

"Morale must be raised, not weakened," it said.