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Anti-corruption fight is difficult but necessary
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July 11, 2013, Thursday
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SUCCESSIVE graft cases involving high-ranking officials show the Communist Party of China (CPC) faces an arduous task in ensuring the honesty of its members in the long term.
The latest case involves former railways minister, Liu Zhijun, who was handed a death penalty with a two-year reprieve on Monday. He is the highest official to be punished for corrupt behavior since the Party's leadership transition in November last year.
Those on the list of officials suspected of violating the law and Party discipline include five vice ministerial-level individuals, not to mention more lower-ranking officials.
As the country's ruling party, the CPC is now leading China to complete the building of a well-off society and to rejuvenate the Chinese nation.
The war against corruption plays a decisive role in this regard.
Corruption is like a malignant tumor in society. It can lead to the extinction of the Party and the state. As long ago as the founding of the Party, CPC leaders have acknowledged the severity of the issue.
In the process of reform and opening up, the importance the Party has attached to anti-corruption has allowed the country's economic and social construction to achieve great progress and the state to maintain stability. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said at a meeting in January that most Party cadres are good, but some fields are prone to corruption.
Anti-corruption work faces a severe situation and the people are not satisfied with it. Xi gave several examples in Chinese history of dynasties perishing due to corruption and extravagance, warning officials of digging their own graves.
Now the anti-corruption fist is more tightly clenched after the Party launched a "mass-line" campaign in June to boost ties between CPC members and the masses.
Xi said in June the campaign will lead to a "thorough cleanup" of undesirable work styles such as formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance among officials.
Li Junru, former vice president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, said last month that honesty and uprightness are the basic requirements of the mass-line campaign, and a serious issue for the Party to address.
Some officials fail to win the support of the masses because they have low morals, along with corrupt work and life styles that disgust the public, Li added.
Many corrupt officials have kept mistresses, indulged in extravagant lifestyles and sought huge amounts of money by abusing power.
They have put more and more distance between themselves and ordinary people, and enjoyed their exclusive and privileged status.
Only with integrity can officials and the Party win public support.
The building of a clean Party and government will be a long, complicated and arduous mission for the CPC.
With more public supervision and transparency, the fight against corruption can be achieved in a more systematic way.
The latest case involves former railways minister, Liu Zhijun, who was handed a death penalty with a two-year reprieve on Monday. He is the highest official to be punished for corrupt behavior since the Party's leadership transition in November last year.
Those on the list of officials suspected of violating the law and Party discipline include five vice ministerial-level individuals, not to mention more lower-ranking officials.
As the country's ruling party, the CPC is now leading China to complete the building of a well-off society and to rejuvenate the Chinese nation.
The war against corruption plays a decisive role in this regard.
Corruption is like a malignant tumor in society. It can lead to the extinction of the Party and the state. As long ago as the founding of the Party, CPC leaders have acknowledged the severity of the issue.
In the process of reform and opening up, the importance the Party has attached to anti-corruption has allowed the country's economic and social construction to achieve great progress and the state to maintain stability. Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said at a meeting in January that most Party cadres are good, but some fields are prone to corruption.
Anti-corruption work faces a severe situation and the people are not satisfied with it. Xi gave several examples in Chinese history of dynasties perishing due to corruption and extravagance, warning officials of digging their own graves.
Now the anti-corruption fist is more tightly clenched after the Party launched a "mass-line" campaign in June to boost ties between CPC members and the masses.
Xi said in June the campaign will lead to a "thorough cleanup" of undesirable work styles such as formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance among officials.
Li Junru, former vice president of the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, said last month that honesty and uprightness are the basic requirements of the mass-line campaign, and a serious issue for the Party to address.
Some officials fail to win the support of the masses because they have low morals, along with corrupt work and life styles that disgust the public, Li added.
Many corrupt officials have kept mistresses, indulged in extravagant lifestyles and sought huge amounts of money by abusing power.
They have put more and more distance between themselves and ordinary people, and enjoyed their exclusive and privileged status.
Only with integrity can officials and the Party win public support.
The building of a clean Party and government will be a long, complicated and arduous mission for the CPC.
With more public supervision and transparency, the fight against corruption can be achieved in a more systematic way.
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