China Vows to Intensify Anti-Corruption Drive

China will continue to intensify its anti-corruption campaign and resolutely punish those found guilty of corruption, said Minister of Supervision He Yong in Beijing today.

"Thorough investigations will be launched into major corruption cases, regardless of whichever department and person they may involve," he said, stressing, "No lenience will be shown in dealing with those involved."

The minister is attending the on-going Third Session of the Ninth National People's Congress as an observer. Fighting corruption has been a heated topic among NPC deputies and members of the Ninth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), which is also in its annual session.

He said the punishment of corrupt officials like Hu Changqing, a former governor of east China's Jiangxi Province, is a remarkable achievement of the nationwide anti-corruption struggle.

Hu Changqing, convicted on charges of bribery and possession of huge amounts of property from unidentified sources, was sentenced to death by the provincial Higher People's Court on February 15, this year and was executed in the Jiangxi provincial capital Nanchang Wednesday after his death sentence was upheld by the Supreme People's Court of China.

The punishment of Hu has enhanced the graft-busters' confidence in rooting out corruption, minister He said, vowing to deal severely with those involved in corruption cases.

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