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1st LD-Writethru: Senior leader urges stricter anti-graft rules for CPC members

Xinhua, July 10, 2015 Adjust font size:

Senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Wang Qishan has urged harsher punishment for corrupt Party members, quoting a revised disciplinary regulation.

Wang said that although the law has set the "bottom line" for behavior, Party rules demand more from its members.

Wang, head of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, made the remarks during an inspection in northwest China's Shaanxi Province from Wednesday to Friday.

"The ruling Party's discipline and regulations must be harsher than the law, with a focus on specificity and effect," Wang said, urging to make stricter rules while scrapping those already included in the law to give Party regulations a unique role in the discipline of Party members.

The CPC has been raising the bar for its officials as the ongoing anti-corruption campaign yields results in uncovering and punishing bribery and public fund embezzlement.

Last month, a new regulation stipulated that Party officials who are irresponsible, incompetent, or exhibit undesirable work styles should be subject to "organizational adjustment," a euphemism that includes demotion and contract termination.

"It's not enough for our Party members to stand on the edge of the law," Wang said. "Traditional Chinese culture has long emphasized morals and manners, and Party rules are the kind of morals that confine the CPC."

According to Wang, all the prohibitions in the current anti-graft rules should be incorporated into a CPC disciplinary punishment regulation undergoing revision to ensure maximum effect.

An eight-point rule was introduced at the end of 2012 by the CPC to address bureaucracy, formalism and extravagance, banning lavish wedding banquets, dereliction of duty, and the use of official cars for personal errands.

While officials who have committed violations have been routinely exposed nationwide, the rule has yet to be officially integrated into the disciplinary punishment regulation, a key document that ensures harsh and consistent penalties for wrongdoers within the Party.

Wang stressed that all anti-graft requirements previously raised by the CPC Central Committee should be elaborated to reflect the latest developments.

"There is never a finalized regulation for our comprehensive and strict rule of the Party. We should aim for the future, base it on reality, improve rules as they are implemented, and walk forward step by step," Wang said. Endi