President Xi Jinping pledges to revamp China’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign
President Xi Jinping (習近平) called yesterday for a revamp of the Communist Party’s approach to fighting corruption, while vowing to continue with the highly-publicised campaign.
Addressing the annual meeting of the graft-busting agency the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, Xi said supervision inside the party had to be strengthened, and that cadres needed to look at things from a “political perspective” and be loyal to the party.
“We should revamp the structure and institutions and supervision mechanism[for fighting corruption],” CCTV quoted Xi as saying as he outlined the CCDI’s agenda for 2016.
Xi added that measures would be taken to strengthen the hunting down of corruption suspects who fled overseas.
Xi’s campaign has boosted his popularity with the public and promoted his authority within the ruling elite – perhaps to a greater degree than anything else he has done since coming to power.
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But such gains have not come without a cost. The campaign faces opposition within the establishment and is being blamed for further pressuring the economy amid a persistent slowdown.