Join forces to combat corruption, APEC told

International commercial bribery activities should be cracked down on with firm resolution by relevant parties in the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, a senior anti-graft official said on Friday.

APEC members should cooperate in fighting commercial bribery, especially in such key areas as construction projects, land usage transfers, pharmaceutical sales and government purchasing, said Fu Kui, deputy head of the National Bureau of Corruption Prevention.

"Commercial bribery is a cancer to the society, which violates the basic principle of a market economy and destroys the market order, and it offers corruption opportunities to government workers," he said.