Sun's disciplinary case sounds an alarm bell for Party

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made a decision on Friday to expel Sun Zhengcai, former Chongqing Party chief, from the Party, dismiss him from public office and transfer the case involving his suspected crimes to the judiciary.

The timely discovery of and thorough investigation into Sun's "serious discipline violations" before the 19th National Congress of the CPC, scheduled to open on Oct 18, fully demonstrates the resolute will and unambiguous attitude of the CPC Central Committee, with comrade Xi Jinping as the core, to adhere to the Party's self-management and promote stricter self-governance, and also fully incarnates the Party's firm determination and unflinching mettle to carry through to the end the fight against corruption and the building of the Party style and clean governance.

As a member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee when investigated, Sun should have made himself an example for others and taken the lead to fulfill Party principles. However, he was found to have oscillated on those ideals and faith, betrayed Party principles and lost his political stance. He was found to have seriously violated the Party's political discipline and rules, its eight-point conduct on frugality and its mass discipline and organizational discipline. He was also found to have seriously violated Party discipline on integrity, its working discipline and the discipline of life. Sun did not refrain from doing this after the 18th National Congress of the CPC in late 2012, and his glaring wrongdoing has caused strong reactions from the people. With his malpractice, Sun has completely deviated from Party principles, violated the trust of the top leadership and the expectations of the people, caused huge losses to the causes of the Party and nation and brought extremely negative consequences to society. The thorough investigation into Sun's case will be of great significance in eliminating hidden dangers within the Party, giving force to Party discipline and purifying the Party team. It once again proves the Party has strong self-purification, self-correction, self-innovation and self-improvement capabilities.