7th Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee

The 7th and Final Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Committee will convene on October 11. Being the last plenary session of the out-going congress, it is a preparatory and dress-rehearsal for the new national congress. As declared already, 19th CPC National Congress will begin from 18, and will continue for a week.

CPC’s Anti-Corruption Campaign

The 8th Plenum of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the 18th CPC National Congress began today that is October 9, 2017. It is a 119 member body with 12 non-voting members, and chaired by CCDI secretary and PBSC member Wang Qishan. The CCDI, the party state’s watch-dog, in a preliminary report on Sunday, October 8, 2017 released data on recent developments in anti-corruption campaign. According to the report, more than 1.34 million township-level and 648,000 party members and officials were investigated and punished during the five-year anti-graft campaign started after Xi Jinping’s took the reins of the Party in 2012.

Similarly at the higher echelons, that is from the county and above, more than 70,000 officials have been investigated for corruption including the ‘tigers’ since 18th CPC Congress in 2012. Even many residing abroad are arrested and charged. The latest incident is Ms. Guo Xin, former associate professor in the School of History and Archives Sciences, Yunnan University. She was in the US until recently.

See More: http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xwtt/201709/t20170930_108298.html