The General Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) issued a notice Sunday urging Party officials to implement the instruction of three Party departments on studying the Party's anti-graft guidelines to improve the ability to combat corruption.

The guidelines, which were deliberated at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee in December last year, set out to "build and improve a system to punish and prevent corruption through promoting education, in strict compliance with regulations and supervision."

To facilitate the construction of the system, the notice urges Party officials, leading cadres in particular, to study the guidelines to enhance the Party's governance and ability to fight corruption.

Party officials should "understand the significance of education promotion, system building and supervision in the anti-graft movement by studying and carrying out the guidelines," the notice says.

The notice was jointly drawn out by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC and the Organization Department and Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee. It was approved by the CPC Central Committee.

Implementing the guidelines and building a sound anti-graft system have a major bearing on the overall anti-corruption work, and should be incorporated in China's comprehensive socioeconomic planning and at top of the agenda of governments and Party committees, it says.
 
(Xinhua News Agency February 21, 2005)