Tighter supervision of officials

The Party leadership's grand road map for reform has signaled its resolve to achieve lasting results in its anti-corruption battle in a more systematic way, says a Xinhua News Agency commentary.

China's leading group for overall reform, headed by Chinese President Xi Jinping, last week announced six working groups covering the economy and the environment, democracy and law, culture, the social system, Party building, and discipline inspection.

Reform in these sectors needs an environment with zero tolerance of corruption in order to squeeze the space for abuse of power through meticulous regulations and new institutions.