The first plenary session of the 17th Central Committee (CC) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on 22 October 2007 elected the members of the Politburo and its Standing Committee, the members of the Secretariat and of the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the CCP, and confirmed the...

Corruption in present-day China is worse than ever before. Widespread corruption is a major obstacle to the Party’s goal of creating a harmonious society and a “clean” government. The collusion between officials and businessmen, the exchange of power for money, the abuse of administrative...