To-do list targets graft

Disciplinary supervision and audits will top the central government's agenda this year, according to a document released after a State Council meeting presided over by Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday.

The document lists six "to-dos" in fighting corruption, including strictly punishing violators, requiring officials to give true reports of their assets and tightening audits.

The government will also carry out reforms to simplify administrative approvals and to make budgets more transparent for public supervision.

The pledges came as the third plenary session of the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection closed on the same day.

China will reform the supervisory system, according to a statement issued after the meeting.

Chief officials of Party organs at all levels will be the first to be held responsible if corruption occurs in their field of responsibility, it said. "We will step up our efforts to hunt down corrupt officials who flee abroad and retrieve their illegal gains."

China Daily - Xinhua