Corruption battle boosted

Party to ramp up supervision of low - and high-placed officials to stamp out graft

The Communist Party of China will fight corruption with greater determination as comprehensively and strictly as possible, the 19th CPC National Congress spokesman said on Tuesday.

Several serious and significant corruption cases have unfolded in recent years, including those of Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Guo Boxiong, Xu Caihou, Sun Zhengcai and Ling Jihua, who have been punished in accordance with the Party's disciplines and national laws, spokesman Tuo Zhen said at a news conference ahead of the congress scheduled to open on Wednesday morning.