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Hu: Party to remain tough on fighting corruption

Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao reaffirmed Monday, Jan. 12, the Party's resolve to fight official corruption and show no mercy in corruption cases. The Party should not relent its anti-corruption efforts and should strengthen its inner-Party supervision system on leading officials, said Hu at a three-day meeting of the Party's Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC).

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President Hu Jintao stresses fight against corruption

Chinese Communist Party leader Hu Jintao said on Monday China would continue its fight against corruption and improve the Party's style of work, while improving inner-Party supervision of leading Party officials.

Addressing the Third Plenary Session of the Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Hu, also president of the country, said the Party will remain tough in its determination to investigate and handle major and important corruption cases.

On corrupt officials, Hu, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), said the Party will investigate and punish whoever is found guilty of corruption.

The Party shall never be appeasing any corrupt officials, or be soft-hearted toward them, he told the meeting, which began on Sunday.

The domestic press has speculated that the CDIC will release the first code for the Party's disciplinary supervision during the conference.

During his address, Hu said the Party should pursue concrete actions and results to create a better balance of China's economic and social development.

On the other hand, the Party will also give priority to rectifying unhealthy tendencies, which the general public strongly complained about. They include impartiality in the work of government officials and departments, seeking personal gains using their power, or harming the legitimate interests of the public or individuals, Hu said.

The Party leader said the CPC has set the targets of punishing and preventing corruption in line with the changing situation through improved mechanism for education, institution-building and supervision.

The Party will step up its ideological, ethical and discipline education to prevent corruption among officials, improve its institutional framework to curb corruption and encourage officials to remain clean, and set up a mechanism to ensure government powers are used properly through better supervision, said Hu.

Hu said overseeing of leading Party and government officials at various levels will be made possible through various channels, including supervision by the inner-Party, the government, the general public and the mass media.

The general secretary said the Party shall set up and improve mechanisms to ensure the Party officials seek truths and be down-to-earth in their work, including the mechanism of selecting and appointing Party and government officials.

Other senior Party leaders, Wu Bangguo, Wen Jiabao, Jia Qinglin, Zeng Qinghong, Huang Ju, Li Changchun and Luo Gan attended the meeting, which was presided over by Wu Guanzheng, secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

According to official data, from 1992 to 2002, the number of Party members subject to disciplinary actions grew from 669,300 to 846,150.

There was an increase in such actions in every official rank.

Actions against officials at the county magistrate-level jumped from 20,295 to 28,996, at the city mayor-level from 1,673 to 2,422 and,at the ministerial level the number grew from 78 to 98.

By People's Daily Online

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