Anti-graft body pushes officials to disclose assets

Anti-corruption authorities will promote a pilot project to require newly promoted officials to disclose their private assets, an official from China's top anti-graft agency said.

Newly promoted officials will have to publicize information including their families' assets, and their spouses' and children's jobs, incomes and entry and exit records, said Li Xueqin, head of the research division under the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Li made the remarks on Sunday during an interview with the commission's website to help interpret decisions made during the Third Plenary Session of the 18th CPC Central Committee, which was held last month.