China to set up new anti-corruption agency  

中央批准成立新的反贪总局

这次改革的主要特点是整合力量、优化职能，从有利于最高人民检察院集中精力直接查办大案要案，有利于强化对下业务的集中统一领导和指导，有利于破除制约办案工作发展的体制机制障碍出发，成立新的反贪总局。[查看全文]

China will establish a new anti-graft body to further strengthen pressure on corrupt officials, deputy Procurator-General Qiu Xueqiang has said.

Qiu told Xinhua in an exclusive interview that the plan for a new anti-graft agency was put forward by the Party committee of the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) and was approved by the central authority.

A vice-ministerial level, full-time member of the procuratorial committee will hold a concurrent post as head of the new anti-graft agency, Qiu added.

The new agency will be better organized and better able to help the SPP handle major cases and break institutional obstacles, he said.

China established the anti-corruption bureau under the SPP in 1995. After almost 20 years of development, it struggled to meet the demands for anti-corruption work under the new situation due to poor effectiveness in handling corruption cases, Qiu added.