Income disclosure is vital to nation

The most anticipated law, by the public at present, is probably one on the income and asset disclosure by public officials. Sadly, such a law - periodically mooted over the last 20 years in the National People's Congress - has not materialized.

The huge public expectation is pitted against the intense opposition to such a law from many public officials.

The recent round of public debate over the issue reached a new high when a signed article in the Study Times run by the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China (CPC) called on officials who refuse to declare their financial information to quit office.