Xi Jinping Calls for Intensified Anti-Corruption Efforts Within Communist Party

In remarks newly published from January, Xi urged party members to confront internal corruption and discipline violations to maintain the party's vitality.

• Xi Jinping emphasized the need for the Communist Party to 'turn the knife inward' to address internal corruption and discipline issues.
• The remarks, delivered in January at a meeting of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, were published on Monday in the party's Qiushi journal.
• Xi highlighted the persistence of corruption within the party, particularly in the military, where two former defense ministers were recently purged for disciplinary violations.
• In 2023, approximately 610,000 party officials were disciplined for violations, including 49 high-ranking officials above the vice-minister level.
• The newly publicized speech signals a renewed push to eliminate interest groups and privileged classes undermining party integrity and discipline.

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