There can be no exceptions

Status, position, relations or background should not be allowed to act as shields protecting corrupt officials from punishment

That Zhou Yongkang, a former member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has been placed under investigation for "serious disciplinary violations" is a landmark event in the history of anti-corruption in China's new era. It signals that China's new leadership's political resolve on anti-corruption has passed the first significant test. People can believe to a great extent that the leadership's determination to battle corruption is genuine and ongoing, which is good for deepening the anti-corruption work and finally achieving the construction of a clean government.

Making no exceptions in the fight against corruption is the most important rule in anti-corruption work. It's a simple principle, whereby people are judged only on whether he or she is corrupt or not, rather than his or her status, position, relations or background. This is the rule of law, in other words, everybody is equal under the law.