Zero tolerance, great progress in CPC's anti-corruption drive
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We must have the resolve to fight every corrupt phenomenon, punish every corrupt official and constantly eliminate the soil which breeds corruption, so as to earn people's trust with actual results.
---Xi Jinping, January 22, 2013
After celebrating its 92nd anniversary this month, the Communist Party of China (CPC), the world's largest ruling party, is looking to ensure stricter Party discipline in the fight against corruption.
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China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun stands trial at the Beijing Second Intermediate People's Court in Beijing, capital of China, on June 9, 2013. |
China's former railways minister Liu Zhijun was given a suspended death penalty on July 8, 2013 for bribery and abuse of power, making him the highest-ranking official to be punished for corrupt behavior since the CPC's leadership transition in November last year.
On the eve of the Party's anniversary, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, told a meeting on the work of Party personnel resources that intra-Party management and rules must remain stringent for the 85 million-member political organization which has ruled a country of 1.3 billion people for so long.
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--- Xi Jinping January 22, 2013 |
Since the reshuffle of its top leadership, the CPC has taken a zero tolerance approach to corruption.
Liu's sentence followed the recent sacking and investigation of several senior officials for suspected violations of law and discipline.
Those under investigation include Liu Tienan, former vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, and Li Chuncheng, former vice secretary of the CPC Committee of Sichuan Province.
The treatment of these officials is indicative of the CPC's resolve to target so-called "tigers" (high-level officials and big corruption cases) and "flies" (lower-level bureaucrats and smaller cases) in the fight against corruption.
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