国内英语资讯:China Focus: Self-reform: CPCs vigorous journey to centenary_时事

国内英语资讯:China Focus: Self-reform: CPCs vigorous journey to centenary

Before Xi took the helm as Party leader in 2017, there was doubt whether the CPC was able to create a healthy political environment and generate positive energy throughout the Party.

Accordingly, it was made a priority to crack down on malpractice by Party officials, particularly those losing faith in the Party, taking bribes, leading extravagant lives, and being autocratic.

Xi believed that if corruption got any worse, it could cause the collapse of the Party and even the fall of the state.

The CPC's anti-corruption campaign swept across the country and brought down senior officials, including Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Guo Boxiong, Xu Caihou, Sun Zhengcai and Ling Jihua.

The number of officials disciplined each year increased from 160,000 in 2017 to more than 500,000 in 2017.

Thousands of officials confessed crimes and misdemeanors to disciplinary authorities. Last year, about 1,300 fugitives who had fled overseas, including 347 who had been Party members or state functionaries, were captured or returned to China.

However, corruption is down but not out. The leadership is clear that any laxness could lead to failure.

After the 19th National Congress of the CPC, the campaign accelerated, focusing on a "sweeping victory" over corruption.

China has recently set up supervisory commissions at all levels across the country, to ensure "all public servants exercising public power" are subject to supervision.