Government and Policy

Premier vows to increase supervision of gov't

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-03-23 19:53

BEIJING - China will step up supervision of government bodies in key sectors this year as the government's latest initiative to combat corruption, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said here Tuesday.

Some fields in China are still "prone to corruption" or plagued with "unfair law enforcement and inefficient governance" despite the government's anti-corruption efforts last year, Wen said at a State Council meeting devoted to deploying this year's anti-corruption work.

Wen said unchecked power is the root cause for these problems.

It is important to improve relevant mechanism to fight corruption and ensure clean governance, but it is more important to better implement the mechanism to constrain officials from corruptive conduct, he said.

Wen outlined key areas of the government's anti-corruption fight this year, including government funded projects, state-owned enterprises and financial institutions.