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BEIJING

Xi vows to guard Party reputation

President Xi Jinping has called for further efforts to eliminate corruption, describing it as "the deadliest pollution source" for the political environment within the Communist Party of China. Xi made the remarks on Tuesday afternoon during a group study session on Party discipline attended by members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee. Xi said that a serious, healthy and clean political environment within the CPC has been crucial to the Party maintaining its vigor, advantages, creativity and unity over the past 95 years and is what distinguishes the CPC from non-Marxist parties.