Campaign against graft in 'tug of war'

China's anti-corruption drive will neither cease nor decelerate in the new year, the top anti-corruption body announced on the first working day after the Chinese New Year holiday.

"Anti-corruption is a lasting and life-or-death war that we cannot afford to lose, and there is no room for deceleration or rest in the war," said a statement on Wednesday on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. "We must keep fighting one battle after another."

Disciplinary authorities at all levels should get rid of the festival mood and vigorously devote themselves to work, since the anti-corruption forces and the corruption forces are in a tug of war and all achievements won fighting corruption in the past two years will be lost with any letup in anti-corruption efforts, the statement said.