Shock 'tigers' and awe 'flies'

Five-year anti-graft plan shows leaders' determination to curb corruption by building up institutionalized cages for power

The five-year anti-corruption plan issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee on Wednesday is testament to the top Chinese leadership's unshakable determination to fight corruption and a substantial step toward fulfilling its vow to put power within an institutionalized cage.

The 6,000-character guideline document, a reflection of the Party's top-level anti-graft design, includes not just general anti-corruption goals but also concrete measures and ways toward this end, including punishing any official involved, however high his or her position is. It is an incarnation of the Chinese new leadership's well-conceived thinking in its uphill battle against corruption.