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CPC Plenum Calls for More Anti-Corruption Efforts
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for a comprehensive approach in combating corruption and promoting justice and honesty.
The call was contained in a decision on improving the party's style.
The decision, passed at the recently concluded Sixth Plenum of the 15th Central Committee of the CPC and made public Sunday, points out that serving the public cause and the Chinese people is the requirement of the party's nature and its basic creeds, as well as the fundamental purpose in improving the party's style.
It calls for enhanced education of party members on the ideals of the party and the importance of being honest and clean, so that the members will know what their purpose is for joining the party, what they should do and what they should leave behind them, and that they will consciously resist the erosion by bourgeois thought and stand more firmly against corruption.
To ensure that cadres will use their power correctly, the internal supervision system of the party must be strengthened, the decision says.
Party members' rights to criticism, to appeal, to inform against an offender, and to file a charge against somebody, as provided for by the party's Constitution, must be ensured, so that the system of democratic supervision by members will be fully carried out, the decision says.
The drafting of the CPC's internal supervision regulations must be accelerated, the decision adds.
It says the party shall also be subject to the supervision of the people so that its power will be effectively supervised.
The supervision by the law, the general public, the non- Communist parties and public opinion must be strengthened, the decision says.
It says that the establishment of an effective power checking system is the fundamental means to prevent the abuse of power for personal gain.
As part of the system, all major reform measures, policies, laws and regulations must be fully appraised before they are issued. In dealing with major cases, not only those who are directly responsible but also relevant leaders shall be punished, the decision adds.
In the fight against bribery, the buying and selling of portfolios and other corruption practices, leading organs of the party and the government, the administrative and law enforcement agencies, economic management departments and officials at or above the county level in question will be the main targets, it says.
Efforts will be focused on dealing with major cases. Thorough investigation will be made into all those who are involved, irrespective of their connections and official positions. Corrupt officials shall be punished in strict accordance with the party's disciplinary rules and the law. There is no mercy on them, the decision says.
The handful of corrupt persons shall find no hide in the party. The drive to promote justice and honesty and combat corruption must make achievements to win the trust of the people, the decision says.
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