A document on fighting corruption at grassroots level in the countryside has been jointly issued by the General Offices of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council.

It advocates clean governance in rural areas and aims to improve the codes of conduct for Party members and officials at grassroots level.

Everything, except state secrets, must be open to Party members and villagers, it says.

It calls for full investigations to be carried out of Party members and officials who have violated Party disciplines and state law.

(Xinhua News Agency November 14, 2006)