'Overwhelming victory' seen in fight against corruption

China's fight against corruption has won an "overwhelming victory", and multiple reforms are helping to control and prevent graft starting from the source, according to a blue book released on Friday.

The latest version of Blue Book of Combating Corruption and Upholding Integrity, compiled by the China Anti-Corruption Research Center of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, concluded that while corruption has been decreasing and effectively curbed across the country, the crackdown's momentum and strength have remained unchanged.

China's anti-graft bodies investigated 302,000 corruption-related cases and punished 240,000 people in the first half of this year. The total number of cases probed is expected to surpass that of 2017 - 527,000 - and achieve growth for the sixth year in a row, the book said.