Campaign against graft to intensify

China's top anti-graft watchdog intends to intensify its inspections of government departments and state-owned organizations next year, according to an official with direct knowledge of the matter.

"The efforts are part of the inspections begun after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012," said Luo Liping, a Central Commission of Disciplinary Inspection official charged with organizing inspections, in an interview on the commission's website.

The commission has already completed eight rounds of inspections of local governments and State-owned enterprises since the congress and by the end of this year will finish inspections of financial institutions, the website quoted him as saying in an article on Sunday.