Officials vow to fight election corruption

GUANGZHOU - Discipline inspection authorities in Guangdong province have promised to ensure that the elections for local Party committees this year take place in a clean, fair and open manner.

Anyone guilty of buying votes or of corrupting the elections will be seriously punished in accordance with the law, said Wang Xingning, secretary-general of the Guangdong provincial Party Commission for Discipline Inspection.

"The officials who are in charge of the election will also be held to account if they fail to fight and investigate corruption cases in the election," Wang said.