China gaining ground against graft

"In addition to the growing number of corrupt officials being punished, the CPC's anti-corruption drive is making progress in redressing the root of the problem," he said.

Zhuang Deshui, vice-director of the clean government research center at Peking University, said Xi's remarks at Tuesday's meeting have forcefully refuted doubts that the anti-corruption campaign in China may stall or be distracted.

Xi stressed during the meeting that the CPC Central Committee remains determined to combat corruption and its goal to resolutely contain the problem remains unchanged.

New measures by the Party to further the drive can be expected, he said.

Though the anti-corruption stance has consolidated the confidence and minds of CPC members, the situation facing the anti-graft campaign is still grave and requires unrelenting efforts, said Zhang Li, a CCDI member and local disciplinary official in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region.

Gao said that the anti-corruption campaign is a "special window" that reveals new approaches in the CPC's governance.

The firm stance of the Party in carrying on the anti-corruption fight also indicates that the new approaches and achievements have been recognized by the Party and society, he added.

The CPC is taking the initiative with concrete measures to build Party integrity, promote clean governance and fight corruption, said Liu Jincheng, a clean governance researcher at China University of Mining and Technology.

Liu noted that with measures to promote and enforce the Party's code of conduct, improve Party officials' work styles and tighten intra-Party regulations, the CPC is systematically rolling out a strategy for strictly and comprehensively governing the Party.