Efforts to improve the Party's work style must be unceasing

XI JINPING, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, instructed Party organizations of various levels not to ease their tough stance in the fight against four forms of decadence - formalism, hedonism, bureaucracy and extravagance. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

Xi's latest instructions drive home a strong message that the Party will unswervingly strengthen its self-governance, and continuously improve its work style.

That the Party has curbed the four forms of decadence since its 18th National Congress five years ago is evident, and the problems that people complained about most have been checked. But as the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said recently, they still exist, especially formalism and bureaucracy, in new forms in some places and departments.