Structural balance to curb graft

Triumph in the fight against corruption depends on well-designed mechanisms to check power rather than on power itself

During its over 90 years' history and 65 years' governance, the Communist Party of China has always considered corruption a fatal disease and tried to curb it. However, most of its efforts against corruption in the past relied on the power of higher authorities to strike against the corruption of lower officials, which proved efficient in certain cases but ultimately unsustainable because it depended on the personal will and style of the top leaders.

Absolute power leads to absolute corruption, and the mode of higher power curbing the corruption of lower power does not involve limits on power itself, thus it cannot break the vicious circle.