Strengthen Party to combat misconduct

Editor's note: President Xi Jinping, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission, has said in an article published by Xinhua News Agency that the mission to improve the Party's work styles is a long-term project and highlighted the need to combat new forms of misconduct. Two experts share their views with China Daily's Zhang Zhouxiang on how to achieve that goal. Excerpts follow:

Punish officials for not doing their job

Talking about the "misconduct" of officials, Xi focused on four problems: Formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance. Xi said these problems are old in nature, and urged Party and government departments in all areas and sectors to check their own performance in this regard and take concrete measures to rectify their problems.