New round of anti-graft inspections launched

The country's top disciplinary watchdog initiated a new round of anti-graft inspections on Wednesday, targeting the Communist Party of China officials at 27 central departments and public institutions.

The teams, the 11th such group sent by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, should prioritize inspections of strict governance of the Party and "resolutely" safeguard the authority of the CPC Central Committee, said Wang Qishan, head of the commission, at a meeting in Beijing.

The new round in the inspection campaign comes the week after the Sixth Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, which passed two intra-Party disciplinary regulations and declared President Xi Jinping as the Party's "core" leader.