The Communist Party of China (CPC) is vowing to put punishment
and prevention on equal footing in its battle against official
corruption.
He Guoqiang, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
(CCDI) head, said at a plenary session of the CCDI on Jan. 14 that
the country would intensify its efforts in combating official
corruption.
The full text from He's report delivered to the plenary session
was released by Xinhua on Wednesday.
"The key to winning our war against official corruption is to
put punishment and prevention on equal footing," He said. "We will
place equal efforts in punishing crooked officials for their
misconduct, as well as in establishing an anti-corruption system to
get rid of corruption at its root."
He noted the CCDI was working on a five-year plan that would
detail the Party's anti-corruption initiatives starting from
2008.
He said this year marked the 30th anniversary of the country's
reform and opening-up drive. It was also the 30th anniversary of
the restoration of the CPC's discipline watchdogs and the year
Beijing hosted the Olympics.Therefore, anti-corruption work was of
greater significance than ever.
The watchdog head said the high intensity of the corruption
fight would be kept up, especially with focus on cases involving
leading officials.
In addition to punishment under the legal code, cadres behaving
badly can expect additional punishment ranging from a warning to
dismissal from their posts and expulsion from the Party.
He urged to step up anti-corruption education among Party
members and to promote "upright officials loyal to the Party and
the Chinese people, and those who dedicate themselves to solid
work".
He added the Party would soon launch a series of supervisions
and inspections to ensure decisions and policies made at last
October's 17th CPC National Congress and the scientific outlook on
development were carefully implemented.
Special efforts would be made to rectify malpractice in the
fields of environmental protection, food and medicine safety, work
safety and land appropriation, something which common citizens
always pay great attention to and voice vehemently against.
Supervision would be intensified on the management of social
security funds and the special fund for poverty and disaster
relief.
(Xinhua News Agency February 21, 2008)
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