Being responsive

For the current leadership, a populist approach means more than a "people-first" attitude, or service-oriented governance. The high approval ratings they have won have much to do with responsiveness to public concerns, one of the foremost of which is corruption.

That the high-profile starting moves inaugurating their second term in office focused primarily on the transformation of public offices give us reason to aspire more down the road of political reform.

Tuesday's State Council meeting on clean government, a teleconference featuring central and local administrators, was a nice tune-setter for a new session of government. To which we wish there would be consistent follow-ups in the five years to come.