A top Chinese general has hailed the progress in the military’s anti-corruption drive over the past year and pledged to deepen the “rectification” of defence-related industries in the new year.
According to a Friday report by state news agency Xinhua, General He Weidong, vice-chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission (CMC), said the People’s Liberation Army had achieved “new results and progress” in discipline inspection and supervision work in the past year.
He is also a member of the 24-member Politburo, the Communist Party’s centre of power.
However, He added that the armed forces must deepen political training, strengthen political supervision, strictly crack down on corruption and “punish evil”.
He said the armed forces must “deepen the rectification and governance in the industry” and continue to “purify the political ecology”.
The remarks were part of He’s address on Friday to a meeting of the CMC’s Commission for Discipline Inspection, the PLA’s anti-corruption body.
The CMC is the body in charge of China’s armed forces and is chaired by Chinese President Xi Jinping.
