A Study on the Decade(2012-2022) of Anti-Corruption in Chinese Characteristics

The problem of official corruption in the People's Republic of China, after the reform and opening up in 1978, was extremely serious and worsening. In fact, the economic growth became the party state's legitimacy foundation to rule. Since then, the corruption has become a growing problem with the fast economic growth. Hu Jintao, on behalf of the Seventeenth Central Committee of the Chinese Party of Communist, handed over one of the major political tasks to Xi Jinping to solve the problem of corruption. Xi Jinping enforced the power of the party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection to fight corruption, but he still rejects to establish an independent incorrupt and judiciary institution outside the party. Whether the anti-corruption effort waged by China is working? Did it meet its objective of punishing the malignant and eradicate corruption to an acceptable level? As more doubts on the selective law enforcement grows, more of the action of fighting corruption is over shadowed with political struggles. The information source of this paper includes open declaration of anti-corruption from the high leadership level of Chinese Communist Party, corruption punishment laws and regulations proclaimed by Chinese Communist Party during these 10 years(2012-2022), work reports and related data of the Chinese Supreme People Court, data released by Transparency International, “anti-corruption” subject content announced by the official media of Chinese Communist Party, etc.