国内英语新闻:Senior CPC leader says fighting corruption essential for development

BEIJING, Nov. 17 (Xinhua) -- A senior leader of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Wednesday called for the fight against corruption to be stepped up to facilitate China's social and economic development.

He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Secretary of the CPC's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, made the remarks while addressing a meeting in Beijing, according to a statement given to Xinhua.

Fighting corruption would help China to secure the implementation of its new five-year development program for 2011-2015 and the transformation of the country's economic growth mode, He said.

He called for innovation in guidelines, ways and mechanisms to fight corruption among officials, adding intensified efforts should be made to address problems the public complained about most.

He told scholars at the meeting that the role of scholars and experts in bringing messages of the masses to the attention of the authorities had been valuable in helping communication.