China's leadership vows more pro-frugality measures

China's top leadership on Friday called for further implementation of its pro-frugality regulations as "some problems that cannot be ignored still exist".

The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee met on Friday to hear reports on the execution of the "Eight-point" regulations, which since the end of 2012 had banned extravagance and formalism among CPC officials and cadres.

The meeting said the regulations had been implemented with satisfactory results and had brought the Party and the masses closer.

However, some prominent problems still exist, the meeting concluded, as some officials abide by the regulations not willingly but just because they were under pressure.

In addition, some violators had sought alternate measures of banned behaviors in order to dodge punishment, and certain systems needed to be tweaked to be properly realized, according to the meeting. Endi