Xi Jinping leads early Politburo meeting to signal anti-corruption drive ahead of plenum
Meeting calls for ‘stern rectification’ in top state organs as China prepares for high-stakes political gathering
The latest inspection is a major internal anti-corruption sweep focused specifically on top-level central party and government organs. Launched in April, 15 central inspection teams carried out routine inspections across 36 vital central state institutions, including core political, legal and government ministries.
The central authorities should “strictly fulfil the political responsibility for managing and governing the party, implement all tasks of full and rigorous self-governance of the party with higher standards and more concrete measures, maintain a high-pressure stance against corruption, strictly adhere to a rigorous tone through to the end, and build politically sound agencies with a clean and healthy atmosphere,” the report said.
