{"id":51893,"date":"2017-11-11T06:49:37","date_gmt":"2017-11-11T06:49:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=51893"},"modified":"2017-11-11T06:49:37","modified_gmt":"2017-11-11T06:49:37","slug":"china-faces-historic-corruption-battle-ruling-partys-new-graft-buster-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/world-news\/china-faces-historic-corruption-battle-ruling-partys-new-graft-buster-says.html","title":{"rendered":"China faces historic corruption battle, ruling party’s new graft buster says"},"content":{"rendered":"

China faces historic corruption battle, ruling party’s new graft buster says<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

China faces historic corruption battle, ruling party’s new graft buster says:- China must win its battle against corruption or face being erased by history, its new top graft buster said in an editorial on Saturday, underscoring the ruling Communist Party\u2019s focus on eliminating corrupt behaviour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhao Leji, appointed to the new seven-member Politburo Standing Committee last month and tasked to lead President Xi Jinping\u2019s signature war on corruption, wrote in the state-run People\u2019s Daily that failure would lead to the party\u2019s downfall.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf our control of the party is not strong and party governance is not strict, then the party won\u2019t be able to avoid being erased by history and the historic task the party carries will not be able to be fulfilled,\u201d Zhao wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Xi, like others before him, has warned that corruption is so serious it could lead to the end of the party\u2019s grip on power.<\/span><\/p>\n

Xi\u2019s corruption fight has ensnared more than 1.3 million officials. At last month\u2019s five-yearly party congress he said it would continue to target both \u201ctigers\u201d and \u201cflies\u201d, a reference to elite officials and ordinary bureaucrats.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhao, formerly a low-profile official, replaced Wang Qishan, whose sweeping anti-graft campaign had made him China\u2019s second most-powerful politician.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe facts tell us and warn us that the party\u2019s position as the top political leader and power is the foundation of our political stability, economic development, national unity and social stability,\u201d Zhao wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Zhao leads the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), having previously been in charge of the party\u2019s powerful organisation department, which is in charge of personnel decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

He added that there would be no tolerance of people who \u201cjust do what they want to do\u201d and ignore orders or carry on with banned behaviours like trying to get around policy decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n

Promotions also needed to be rigorously scrutinised, he said, a reference to numerous previous scandals where corrupt officials had abused their power or taken bribes to promote friends and family members.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOfficials\u2019 personal files must be examined, and individuals\u2019 reports on their personal matters must be verified,\u201d Zhao wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n

Above all, the leadership of the Communist Party had to be maintained, as the last 100 years of history had shown that without the party\u2019s leadership \u201cthere is no way out\u201d, he added.<\/span><\/p>\n

China has plans for a national supervision law and a new commission next year to oversee the expansion of Xi\u2019s graft fight.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-china-corruption\/china-faces-historic-corruption-battle-ruling-partys-new-graft-buster-says-idUSKBN1DB01Q<\/span><\/p>\n

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