Despite speculation in overseas Chinese media and by many commentators that the Chinese Communist Party’s anti-corruption campaign is slowing down, the regime’s disciplinary chief just announced a new round of investigations to target key agents over the next year. Sectors that will be probed include a range of state-run media companies, the aviation and aerospace sector, state-run steel and electricity firms, and the hugely profitable state-affiliated weaponeers.
The news was announced at a meeting of central Party anti-corruption investigators on June 23, by Wang Qishan, the chief of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. He said that there must be “no let up” in “tightening Party discipline,” according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency.
