Too many have been corrupted by luxury, says People's Daily
The People's Daily, has published two commentaries condemning cadres who squander public money while paying lip service to the notion of serving the people.
The latest, printed today, says many cadres have been corrupted by materialism and fallen because of a lust for luxury and extravagance.
The article says cadres should remember that China would be a developing country for years to come. Even when the country became more prosperous and strong in the future, it said the party's rank and file should practice plain living and avoid extravagance.
'We cannot abandon the good tradition of practising plain living and hard work, even when one day China becomes a developed country and raises our national strength,' the commentary says.
It links the virtues of plain living to the morality campaign of President Hu Jintao , in which he emphasised the importance of cadres following 'socialist concepts of honour and disgrace'.
The People's Daily published a commentary yesterday urging cadres to make a genuine effort to solve daily livelihood problems faced by the masses and stop paying lip service to the idea of serving the people. It criticised party cadres who spent too much time writing reports, holding long meetings and taking part in social functions but never delivering on pledges.