The ruling Communist Party of China (CPC) invited non-Communist
personages to a meeting on Wednesday, asking them to step up
supervision over the CPC and make joint efforts with the Party to
crack down on corruption.
"As the governing party in China, the CPC welcomes supervision
from non-Communist parties. We try to explore ways to curb
corruption," said Wu
Guanzheng, secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline
Inspection of the CPC, the Party's top discipline watchdog.
Wu said that the anti-corruption efforts should be made in
political, economic, social and cultural areas, and pledged to
establish and improve the legal system to eradicate corruption.
Liu Yandong, head of the United Front Work Department of the CPC
Central Committee, chaired the meeting.
Earlier this month, the Central Commission for Discipline
Inspection of the CPC reported that last year it punished 115,143
corrupt Party members, accounting for some 1.7 per thousand of the
Party's total membership.
(Xinhua News Agency February 23, 2006)?
