The disciplinary body of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has called for confidence and perseverance in the protracted war against corruption as the current situation remains grave and complex.
The call was made in a communique adopted at the fourth plenary session of the 20th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, held in Beijing from Monday to Wednesday.
Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, Chinese president and chairman of the Central Military Commission, attended the session and delivered an important speech.
Party and state leaders including Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi attended the session.
The plenary session, presided over by the Standing Committee of the CCDI, reviewed the discipline inspection and supervision work of 2024 and assigned tasks for 2025. It deliberated and adopted the work report delivered by Li Xi on behalf of the Standing Committee of the CCDI.
The attendees earnestly studied the important speech delivered by Xi during the plenary session.
They agreed that Xi's speech put forward clear requirements for resolutely winning the tough, protracted and all-out battle against corruption, made strategic plans for providing a strong guarantee for promoting Chinese modernization with new achievements of full and rigorous Party self-governance, and expressed high expectations for discipline inspection and supervision personnel.
The speech pointed out the way forward and served as an important guideline for advancing full and rigorous Party self-governance, as well as improving Party conduct, building integrity and fighting corruption, according to the attendees.
It was pointed out at the plenary session that in 2024, the CCDI and discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels continued to strengthen political supervision, improve conduct, tighten discipline and fight corruption, promoted the improvement of the system of full and rigorous Party self-governance and the Party and state supervision system, consolidated and expanded results of Party discipline education, and promoted the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work in the new era and on the new journey to achieve new results.
Emphasizing that building a strong country and realizing national rejuvenation on all fronts through Chinese modernization has put forward new and higher requirements for the fight against corruption, the plenary session urged the discipline inspection and supervision organs to strengthen their confidence, perseverance and determination in winning the tough, protracted and all-out battle against corruption.
Noting that 2025 is the last year of the 14th Five-year Plan period (2021-2025), the session said that to fulfill this year's work, efforts should be made to uphold the spirit of reform and the strict standards of Party self-governance, promote the implementation of political responsibilities and the improvement of the system of full and rigorous Party self-governance, deepen efforts to improve conduct, tighten discipline and fight corruption, and continue to advance the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work in the new era and on the new journey, so as to provide a strong guarantee for promoting Chinese modernization with new achievements of full and rigorous Party self-governance.
The session put forward requirements for discipline inspection and supervision work in eight aspects, including strengthening political supervision, consolidating and deepening the outcome of the Party discipline education campaign, improving the mechanism for investigating and addressing instances of both misconduct and corruption, deepening efforts to rectify Party discipline violations and corruption directly affecting people's lives, making political inspections more effective, deepening the reform for the discipline inspection and supervision system, strengthening political responsibilities for full and rigorous Party self-governance, and starting a campaign to improve discipline inspection and supervision work.
The plenary session called for rallying more closely around the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and devoting unrelenting efforts to advance the high-quality development of discipline inspection and supervision work in the new era and on the new journey to provide a strong guarantee for building a strong country and realizing national rejuvenation on all fronts through Chinese modernization.