Top discipline watchdog vows to enhance anti-graft campaign

On Saturday, China's top discipline watchdog held its fourth plenary session in Beijing, vowing to enhance its anti-graft campaign and to support the rule of law.

China's chief discipline inspector Wang Qishan emphasizes that rigid restrictions on senior officials are needed, urging them to abide by the law. He promises to improve Party rules to keep it in line with the government's anti-corruption efforts. Wang also warns against the formation of factions within the party.

The meeting of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC comes one day after the conclusion of a plenum of the party's central committee, which issued a communique on its efforts to strengthen the rule of law.

Ahead of the meeting, Wang said China's fight against deeply engrained corruption will never end and has gained the support of the general public. He said the party's anti-graft campaign requires "consistency, intensified supervision, discipline and accountability".

Since President Xi Jinping launched the campaign against corruption upon assuming office last year, a series of senior officials have been detained, including the former domestic security chief Zhou Yongkang. On Thursday, the CPC central committee announced the decision to expel six senior officials from the Communist Party, after reviewing disciplinary cases against them. Three of the officials were former members of the central committee.