BEIJING, Dec. 9 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese leader has called for more efforts in the next five years to seek long-term stability and all-round development in the country's northwest Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region.

Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks at a meeting held here on Thursday.

Zhou said the region's government and the central government agencies that are responsible for aiding Xinjiang, should carefully create five-year and ten-year development programs for Xinjiang and put more efforts on stock farming, housing and education.

Also,the governments should maintain social security and stability in Xinjiang by preventing penetration and sabotage by terrorism, separatism and extremism, Zhou said.