The Chinese communist regime’s top disciplinary authority shows no signs of letting up in its ostensible crusade against corruption in the new year as the fifth plenary session of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) came to a close on Jan. 14, as the regime mouthpiece Xinhua reported.
Results gleaned from the meeting, attended by 125 people, were summarized in seven priorities for 2015, including greater surveillance of senior officials and corrupt Chinese fugitives hiding abroad.
China’s sprawling and corruption-plagued state-run enterprises are being put under greater scrutiny. The CCDI’s disciplinary campaign plans to expand overseas as the Chinese regime seeks international cooperation in apprehending escaped officials on its hit list.
Since Xi Jinping rose to power as general secretary in 2013, tens of thousands of Chinese officials have been subjected to investigation and disciplinary measures at the hands of the CCDI. The wide-scale political action targets those with ties to the political faction controlled by former party boss Jiang Zemin and his immediate cronies.
