Important to improve cadres' mental health

Some senior officials have committed suicide due to mental illness in recent years. For instance, Wang Xiaoming, deputy secretary-general of the Beijing municipal government, committed suicide in May, and Zheng Xiaosong, director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in Macao, took his own life this month.

The list of officials losing the fight against mental illness is long, which calls for serious reflection on the problems that force them to take their own lives.

Leading cadres in poor mental health often show a number of symptoms, including depression, mania, insomnia and lack of willpower, even some physiological signs such as headache and chest congestion. Since such symptoms could disrupt the cadres' work and life, taking effective measures to improve their mental health has become an essential task for the central authorities.