Sports in China urged to channel ‘Long March’ spirit as corruption net cast wider
- Communist Party’s top anti-corruption body to station a team at sports regulatory bureau until May
- ‘Spirit of taking the Long March again’ invoked as CCDI and sports regulatory officials pledge to fully support central government clean-up drive
The reference to the indomitable spirit of the Communist Party’s erstwhile Red Army came as its top corruption-buster, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), launched a team targeting the national sports body.
The inspection team will be stationed at the General Administration of Sport until the end of May.
Top officials including administration director Gao Zhidan and inspection team leader Li Yingchun attended the team’s launch late last month, with pledges to “fully support and fully cooperate with the central government’s inspection”.
“We must … comprehensively standardise governance of the sports industry; restructure a moral environment; strive to promote the sports industry’s high-quality development with the spirit of taking the Long March again; and accelerate the construction of a sports power,” Gao said.
