Head of China's top supervisory body Wei Jianxing urged on Monday for a good assessment of the current anti-corruption situation and confidence in the success of the anti-corruption drive.

Wei, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, made the call at a group discussion of Henan deputies to the Ninth National People's Congress, in session Beijing since March 5.

"A good evaluation of the current anti-corruption situation is a prerequisite for correct policy-making and a basis for confidence in the success of the anti-corruption drive," Wei pointed out, adding that the CPC Central Committee's anti-corruption guidelines, principles and policies should be first evaluated as a decisive factor in assessing the current anti-corruption situation.

"Facts have shown that our decisions and measures for battling corruption are correct and effective," he said. "They provide a sound basis for us to have our own way of fighting corruption with Chinese characteristics."

The CPC Central Committee has adhered to the general principle of centering anti-corruption on economic development, adopted strategic stage-by-stage planning in fighting corruption, improved a supervisory system and strengthened education to check corruption from its sources, and come up with a well-coordinated anti-corruption system which calls for participation of the general public, he said.

When evaluating the future trend of the anti-corruption drive, Wei said that the focus of the campaign has been shifted to checking corruption from its sources and that the campaign is deepening and intensifying. While corruption has eased in some areas due to effective anti-corruption work, the intensified drive is also gradually exposing some deep-rooted problems, he said.

Wei warned of the gravity and urgency for corruption elimination, calling it "a long-term, complicated, and arduous struggle".

"We should be cool-headed to see that we still face a grim situation in fighting corruption: corruption is still not effectively checked; the results we have achieved still do not live up to the expectations of our people; and we still have onerous and arduous tasks ahead," Wei said.

In spite of the grim picture, Wei called for full confidence in the future of fighting corruption in his speech, saying the majority of Party officials are good and urging intensified anti-corruption efforts to achieve new and greater results.