CPC to prevent officials enjoying excessive benefits

BEIJING - The Communist Party of China (CPC) will work to prevent officials from enjoying excessive benefits by standardizing their welfare entitlement, according to a special conference that closed on Tuesday.

The Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee held a conference, from June 22 to 25, on implementing the "eight-point" rule to fight bureaucratism and formalism. The meeting was presided over by General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping.

The conference required governments at all levels to standardize officials' entitlement to offices, housing, cars, secretaries, public receptions, guards, social welfare and vacations so that no one enjoys excessive benefits; and see to that no official gives or accepts gifts.

The conference also called on efforts to perfect the official performance evaluation system and let it drive changes in work style. Besides, a promotion mechanism should be put into place where officials get promoted for good work style, and warned or punished for work style misconduct.

Xi said the conference was a cordial exchange of ideas.