Anti-graft drive aims for clean elections

The top anti-graft watchdog said it is determined to remove tainted officials from their posts and create a clean environment for the election of officials at all local levels in the next two years.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Sunday night that a long-term process toward well-disciplined Party governance is still underway.

"Each of the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities in China has been found to have corrupt government officials at the ministerial-level since the anti-graft drive started three years ago, which suggests there is no pure land across the country," the commission said, underscoring that while the severity of corruption varies in each place, none are immune to corruption.