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)