Xi Turns Sights on Wayward Senior Leaders in China Graft Fight
- New rules raise pressure on top officials to avoid corruption
- Measures fall short of proposals pushed by reform advocates
China's President Xi Jinping.
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New Communist Party disciplinary rules pushed through by Xi Jinping put senior leaders under greater scrutiny, opening another front in a four-year anti-graft campaign that has helped consolidate the president’s power while punishing more than 1 million officials.
The rules detailed by the official Xinhua News Agency late Wednesday put the onus on top officials to set higher standards and called on cadres to report potential violations involving members of the party’s Central Committee. The 25-person Politburo should restrain associates and ask family members to avoid inappropriate business activities, according to the rules.