The 16th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the
Communist Party of China opened its second plenum in Beijing
Monday, highlighting its continuous efforts in combating
corruption.
Wu
Guanzheng, secretary of the commission, delivered a work report
on behalf of its standing committee.
Wu
said the 16th National Congress of CPC demanded more work to tackle
the problem of corruption and to promote political integrity among
CPC members.
In
his report, he asked local discipline inspection departments to
carefully study the congress's conclusion on the battle against
corruption inside the Party.
He
said the work was challenging in its long-term toughness and
complexity.
Wu
noted the "Three Represents" theory was the guideline for the work.
Substantial efforts had to be made to strengthen the work so the
Chinese people could benefit from the battle against corruption as
well as economic reform.
He
called for new, more effective methods to be adopted. The
commission should be firm in dealing with and punishing violations
of the law and Party discipline, major cases in particular, and
severely punishing corrupt officials.
The 120 members of the commission attending the plenum started
reviewing the work report Monday afternoon.
(Xinhua News Agency February 18, 2003)