China’s ruling Communist Party has vowed to keep up efforts to fight corruption next year after a record 63 high-ranking officials – known as “tigers” – were placed under investigation on suspicion of graft in 2025.
During a meeting on Thursday, top decision-making body the Politburo also discussed a plan to improve conduct within the party, strengthen integrity and combat graft, official news agency Xinhua reported.
It said officials at the meeting had agreed to “resolutely push forward the fight against corruption, not stopping for a moment, not yielding an inch, and [to] deepen the comprehensive approach to addressing both the symptoms and root causes [of corruption]”.
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The Politburo also called for the party’s discipline inspection and supervision bodies to push ahead next year with “higher standards and more effective measures” to provide a strong “guarantee” for China’s economic and social development in the five years to 2030.
It said deepening and solidifying “political supervision” to maintain officials’ loyalty to the leadership would remain a priority for these bodies.
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In addition, the Politburo called for the agencies to help establish a “correct view of performance” among party members and cadres and to ensure the leadership’s key decisions were effectively implemented in the next five years, according to the report.