The country's top decision-making body said on Tuesday that reform remains its key priority after it met to discuss the progress of the economy.

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China's Central Committee held closed-door talks to review performance in the first half of 2014 and map out macroeconomic strategies for the remainder of the year.

"We will continue to regard reform as the key agenda among all other important items," said a statement issued by the panel of top-ranking officials after the meeting.