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Top graft buster endorses new CPC rules

Xinhua, October 23, 2015 Adjust font size:

China's top graft buster has urged the implementation of two new Communist Party of China (CPC) regulations aimed at tightening discipline among the organization's members.

In an article written for Friday's edition of the People's Daily, Wang Qishan, secretary of the CPC's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said the regulations "embody the spirit of" key Party meetings and comments by the Party's leader Xi Jinping, and are crucial in ensuring Party strength.

The two new regulations, adopted at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Oct. 12, updated rules which were deemed outdated since the launch of the Party's anti-corruption drive.

The strictest and most comprehensive since China's reform and opening-up drive began, they are more precise than the old versions. For example, extravagant eating and drinking and playing golf are now explicitly listed as violations of Party codes of conduct.

All Party organizations and members must follow the rules, said Wang in the article. Endi