国内英语新闻:Senior CPC official urges "people first" in combating corruption

BEIJING, Jan. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's anti-graft chief, He Guoqiang, on Wednesday said the principles of putting people first and governing for the people must be implemented in combating corruption and building a clean government.

Addressing a meeting of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Ministry of Supervision in Beijing, He, CCDI secretary, said safeguarding public interests should be the starting point and the objective of discipline inspection and supervision.

The principles of putting people first and governing for the people should be implemented in the education on anti-corruption and clean governance and in building a fine Party work style, he said.

Moreover, these principles should be carried out in addressing problems most complained about by the public, he said.

Also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, He added that discipline inspections and supervision authorities should comprehensively improve the capability and work style of their staff.

In a notice issued on Wednesday, the CCDI ordered Party discipline inspection authorities at all levels to study and implement the guiding principles of a speech Chinese President Hu Jintao made at a plenary session of the CCDI on Monday.

Hu, also General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, vowed at the session that the CPC and the Chinese government would wage the fight against corruption with greater determination and more forceful measures, as the situation remains "grave."

He said all work should be done with the fundamental interests of the majority of the people as the core concern.