The public prosecution against Bo Xilai shows the clear-cut stance and strong determination of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to root out corruption.
Bo Xilai indicted for corruption
Bo Xilai, former Party chief of Chongqing, has been charged with taking bribes, embezzlement and abuse of power, according to the Jinan People's Procuratorate in Shandong province.
Senior Communist Party of China (CPC) official Liu Yunshan said Wednesday that the party's "mass line" education campaign should follow strict standards and allow no formalism.
The first batch of 259 units have been mobilized and deployed for the "mass line" education campaign, which the central leadership of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has initiated to strengthen ties with the people.
Four senior Party and government officials from the Baiyun district of Guangzhou, Guangdong province, have been transferred to judicial departments for further investigation of suspected serious violations of Party discipline and State laws.
Prosecutorial agencies across China investigated 13,842 people in the first half of the year on suspicion of corruption that harmed the public or citizens' interests.
Editor's Note:
The Communist Party of China launched a year-long "mass line" education campaign, starting from the latter half of this year, in a bid to strengthen Party-people relations.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, said on June 18, the "mass line" is the lifeline of the Party and the campaign will act as a "thorough cleanup" of harmful and undesirable work styles such as formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance and will urge the CPC members to boost ties with the people and fight corruption. More
The reinforcement of the "mass line" has demonstrated the determination of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to correct any misbehavior that may get in the way of its development.
Experts said the "mass line" education campaign recently launched by the Communist Party of China (CPC) will not be a short-term movement, but a long-term effort to strengthen ties between the Party and the people.
Top leaders have called on local officials to promote the "mass line" education campaign and apply it to boosting development and people's livelihoods.
Among challenges the Party faces, anti-corruption has the broadest support and is the easiest to address. Therefore, it's the best breaking point of political reform
Chinese prosecutors received more than 600,000 inquiries about bribery records involving companies or individuals in the first six months.
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