China’s Hu urges Communist Party to rid itself of corruption

BEIJING – Chinese President Hu Jintao urged the ruling Communist Party yesterday to rid itself of corruption, but he stopped short of introducing reforms aimed at curbing the party’s unbridled power.

We ‘must be determined to uphold party discipline and deepen the building of a system that punishes and prevents corruption’, state radio quoted Hu as saying in a speech to the party’s corruption watchdog.
Hu called on party disciplinary organs to deepen an ongoing anti-graft drive in a way that would ‘inspire the confidence of the people’, while lamenting the difficulties the party faced in eliminating corruption.
‘We must fully recognise the long-term, complex and arduous nature of the struggle to fight corruption and never waver in strengthening the building of an honest government,’ he said.
– Nampa-AFP