China’s decade-long anti-corruption drive is set to remain a fixture of political life with President Xi Jinping calling on the Communist Party to keep up the campaign, never resting “even for a minute”.
Addressing more than 2,000 delegates to the five-yearly party congress in Beijing on Sunday, Xi said the party should keep “sounding the bugle” against graft.
“As long as the breeding ground and conditions for corruption still exist, we must keep sounding the bugle and never rest, not even for a minute, in our fight against corruption,” he said.
He added that the party would continue to go after corrupt family members and aides of senior officials.
However, Xi is well expected to stay on for a groundbreaking third term as the party’s top leader, and his status is set to be cemented with an amendment to the party’s constitution.
In his report on Sunday, Xi hailed the party’s successes under his watch and laid down the basic grand strategy for the next five years.
Xi said the drive against corruption was key to ensuring that the party’s “colour”, or nature, remained unchanged. He also hailed “an overwhelming victory” against corruption in the past 10 years.
He added that through the anti-corruption campaign the party had broken the “cycle of history”, a reference to the atrophy and collapse of past dynasties. (South China Morning Post)
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