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Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing Sunday that the Chinese
government will take it as one of its most essential tasks to
further step up the fight against corruption in his tenure of
office, as it is a "life-or-death" issue for the destiny of the
Communist Party of China and the Chinese government.
Premier Wen made the remark at a press conference with a group
of Chinese and foreign journalists who covered the just-ended
annual session of the National People's
Congress.??
"My colleagues and I are willing to be subjected under the
supervision by people," Wen made the pledge in response to a
question concerning the conviction of a batch of provincial-level
officials over corruption charges last year.
The government will take three steps to further carry out the
anti-corruption drive, Wen said, acknowledging that China will
install educational and supervisional rules and regulations to
prevent and fight corruption, resolutely punish corrupt officials,
halt unethical practices in the public administration, and do well
the work closely relating to the interests of the people.
Wen also reminded the people of late Chairman Mao Zedong's
admonitions six decades ago to the whole Party not to follow suit
of some peasant uprising leaders in the Chinese history who turned
corrupted once they were in power.
"In the past 60 years, many comrades of our Party have stood the
test, and there have also been some who didn't and became
victimized by 'sugar-coated bullets,'" Premier Wen said.?
(Xinhua News Agency March 14, 2004)
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