Anti-Corruption Plan Has to Be Carried Out Without Fail: CommentaryThe Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has worked out a clear, concrete plan for the anti-corruption work this year, the essence of the plenary session is being conscientiously implemented by Party committees at various levels.To firmly carry out anti-corruption tasks set at the meeting, it is first necessary to conscientiously study the document and have a thorough grasp of its spirit. At the Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Jiang Zemin made an important speech, in which he scientifically reviewed and summed up the important understanding and experiences formed in the practice of our Party's anti-corruption struggle; he profoundly expounded our Party's ruling position and the influence it brought about; made a brilliant exposition on the historical law that the will of the people decides the rise or fall of a political party and a regime; and stressed that while continuing to provide a temporary solution to the problem, it is necessary to intensify efforts to get to the root of the problem, thereby preventing and controlling corruption from its fountainhead. The Fifth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection was rich in content. For example, with respect to honesty and self-discipline, it put forward moral standards from six aspects for leading cadres to promote clean and honest government on the basis of observing existing stipulations to suit the basic rules of the socialist market economy; To control corruption from its fountainhead, the meeting called for reform of the administrative systems, such as examination and approval, finance, cadre and personnel, and blocking corruption-generating loopholes in systems relating to the management of power, money and personnel. These key areas of work and measures are current outstanding problems concerning improvement of the Party's style of work and the promotion of a clean and honest government, these highly purposeful problems are of common concern to the masses. Only by assiduously studying the document, understanding it profoundly, having a thorough grasp of its spirit, clearly knowing the task and carrying it out firmly, is it possible to grasp the key points, give an impetus to generalities and promote the development of various fields of work. The key to carrying it out firmly lies in the Party committees and governments at various levels, the heads of work units, in particular, should enhance their sense of responsibility and intensify their awareness of liability. Whether or not one carries out the tasks is an expression of whether or not one puts emphasis on political awareness. Party and government chiefs at all levels should, displaying a high sense of political responsibility, conscientiously carry out the responsibility system for improvement of the Party style of work and promotion of clean and honest government and regard this as a political discipline, so as to further create a situation in which Party committees exercise unified leadership, Party and government make joint efforts for management, departments each shoulder their respective responsibilities, and the whole Party takes a hand in fighting corruption. Leading Party and government officials assume general responsibility for the improvement of the Party style of work and promotion of clean and honest government within the scope of their respective responsibilities, if they take a perfunctory, negligent attitude toward the anti-corruption work within the range of their respective responsibilities, with the result that problems arise one after another, thus causing very bad influence, then these leading cadres will be investigated and affixed responsibility, and they must never be indulged in their dereliction of duty. To firmly implement the tasks, it is necessary to earnestly improve the style of work, and guard against formalism and bureaucracy. At present, some regions and departments, which develop a superficial style of work, often just hold another meeting to transmit the work arranged at a meeting without hooking it up with their local realities, they practice formalism, do things as a mere formality, and so on and so forth, this style of work inevitably bungles matters. It is necessary to firmly correct this kind of formalist and bureaucratic style of work, implement the Party Central Committee's anti-corruption tasks one by one. To do this, it is necessary to set clear requirements in light of realities and to strengthen supervision and inspection. If a situation of failure to implement these tasks is discovered, then it is necessary to make conscientious analysis to see where is the cause of the problem, then timely measures should be adopted to ensure attainment of the objective of these tasks. To carry out the tasks, it is essential to carry forward the spirit of reform and innovation, and carry out the work creatively. The situations in various regions and departments are different and the main problems they face are not completely the same. This state of affairs calls for a combination of the Party Central Committee's plan with the realities of the concerned region and department, accurately finding out the connecting point, creatively carrying out work and achieving substantial results. Implementation of the tasks also includes the need to carry out the anti-corruption work already arranged in recent years. Over the past few years, the Party Central Committee has made a series of important decisions and arrangements concerning the struggle against corruption. Some regions and departments, however, have failed to properly carry them out, as a result, some corruption phenomena have not been brought under effective control. The arrangements for the anti-corruption work this year represent the new requirements set forth in light of the new situation, as well as the deepening and extension of the anti-corruption work over the past few years. Such being the case, while successfully carrying out this year's anti-corruption work, we must pay attention to maintaining the consistency and continuity of the work and thereby fulfilling the various tasks set forth previously. This article, written by Our Commentator, is published on the front page of People's Daily, February 9 |
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