China-US relations are key to global, regional stability

Editor's Note: The Communist Party of China has just concluded its 19th National Congress in Beijing. China Daily asked four prominent experts for their views on developments in China and the country's global leadership.

What has been China's biggest achievement over the past five years? What's the most notable change you've observed?

The anti-corruption campaign. I recall being in China in the runup to the 18th CPC National Congress (in 2012), and the complaints I heard from people in various sectors about corruption at that time were wide ranging and bitter. Corruption seemed to have reached a scale that was potentially socially destabilizing and deleterious to policy implementation. Reducing corruption was necessary, and sustaining a vigorous anti-corruption effort over the past five years has been a significant accomplishment. The scale of corruption has changed for the better.