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China’s Communist Party vows to deepen anti-corruption campaign
China’s Communist Party leadership says its anti-corruption campaign will continue and deepen.
The approach is set out in a decision adopted at the party’s Fifth Plenum of its 20th Central Committee.
It combines punishing corruption with tighter rules and efforts to discourage it, under the party’s centralized leadership.
By September 2026, authorities had filed 8.105 million cases and disciplined 7.922 million people since the party’s 18th Congress in 2012.
The campaign has targeted senior officials as well as corruption in sectors including finance, state-owned enterprises, energy, health care and construction.
The party says corruption remains a serious and lasting challenge, and argues that enforcement must go hand in hand with prevention and education.
The decision calls for continued investigations and stronger oversight, including action against hidden corruption and misconduct affecting the public.
China’s Communist Party says it will sustain and intensify its anti-corruption campaign, according to an article by Li Xi published by China News Service.
A decision adopted at the party’s 20th Central Committee fifth plenary session calls for advancing the campaign and combining punishment, prevention and education.
The article says China’s disciplinary and supervisory agencies had opened 8.105 million cases and disciplined 7.922 million people since the 18th Party Congress, through September 2026.
It says the campaign will continue to target corruption in sectors including finance, state-owned enterprises, energy, medicine and infrastructure.
- Who
- The Communist Party of China and its disciplinary and supervisory agencies.
- What
- The party says it will continue and deepen its anti-corruption campaign.
- When
- The article was published on November 5, 2026. The decision was adopted at the 20th Central Committee’s fifth plenary session.
- Where
- China.
- Why
- The article says corruption remains a serious and complex challenge, and that continued efforts are needed to remove the conditions that allow it to grow.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
The session adopted a decision emphasizing a continued push for comprehensive and strict Party governance.
Disciplinary and supervisory agencies had opened 8.105 million cases and disciplined 7.922 million people since the 18th Party Congress.
China News Service published Li Xi’s article calling for sustained and deeper anti-corruption efforts.
- Cases opened
- 8.105 million since the 18th Party Congress, through September 2026
- People disciplined
- 7.922 million since the 18th Party Congress, through September 2026
- Party officials disciplined
- 963 centrally managed officials
- Priority sectors
- Finance, state-owned enterprises, energy, medicine and infrastructure
- Decision
- Adopted at the 20th Central Committee’s fifth plenary session
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