Chinese President Urges Efforts to Step Up Anti-corruption Drive
Speaking at a meeting of the Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country's top anti-corruption body, President Xi praised the counter-corruption drive in 2014, calling it "effective".
During the past year, a number of senior officials, including security chief Zhou Yongkang, military leader Xu Caihou and political advisor Ling Jihua, were placed under investigation.
President Xi says it shows the world that the CPC is not afraid of taking a "self-purifying" approach.
But he also warns that more work must be done to truly cure the ills of corruption.
"When it comes to investigating and the treatment of corruption cases, our attitude of zero-tolerance will not change. Our determination to use strong remedies to cure illness will not change. Our courage to rid our bones of poison will not diminish. Our standard of severe punishment will not loosen. If a case is exposed, we shall deal with it. We will deal with it no matter how many cases we come across."
He adds that the party will keep up the anti-corruption momentum with the aim of creating a strong sense of deterrence.
He also notes that misconduct has not vanished and counter-corruption strategies are not perfect.
The President has stressed that discipline and rules are very important in the fight against corruption.
"Party members should obey disciplines and rules, and the authority and unity of the CPC Central Committee must be safeguarded at all times. Organizational procedures must be observed with Party members conferring with their superiors when handling major issues. Members must not overstep their authority and must obey the decisions of the Party. Members and officials must supervise their families and the staff working around them. They should not give tacit consent to anyone seeking illegitimate interests through their association."
In his speech, President Xi has also taken time to address the supervision of state-owned enterprises.
"We should intensify the CPC's leadership over state-owned enterprises, strengthen the supervision on their executives, do a good job during inspection tours and enhance audits and inspections. State-owned assets and resources are the common property of all people of the country."
Xi Jinping says the war on corruption is far from over and the fight must continue.
For CRI, I'm Qizhi.
