By IANS,
Beijing : Chinese President Xi Jinping Sunday pledged to resolutely fight against corruption and other misconduct in all manifestations and always preserve the political integrity of communists.
“We must resolutely reject formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance, and resolutely fight against corruption and other misconduct in all manifestations,” Xinhua quoted the newly-elected president as saying at the closing meeting of the country’s annual legislative session.
Xi, also general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, was elected president and chairman of the central military commission Thursday.
“All members of the Communist Party of China (CPC), especially the leading cadres of the party, must consolidate their ideal and conviction, always put the people above everything else, and exalt the party’s glorious tradition and fine conduct.”
Addressing a gathering of nearly 3,000 legislators, Xi said: “We must always preserve the political integrity of communists and unswervingly strive for the cause of the party and the people.”
He stressed that the CPC was the core force in the great cause of leading and uniting the people of all ethnic groups to build socialism with Chinese characteristics.
“We are shouldering the heavy task bestowed by the history and going through the test of the times.
“We must uphold the principle that the party was founded for the public good and that it exercises state power for the people, supervise our own conduct and run the party with strict discipline,” the Chinese president said.
“We must always be modest and prudent, defy difficulties and work hard, bury ourselves in work and forge ahead with determination so as to achieve new, greater victory in completing the building of a moderately prosperous society in all respects,” he said.