A meeting was recently held by the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) on broadening theoretical studies among the central teams of the party leadership group. The meeting was convened to convey the spirit of the Third Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and to formulate a plan for implementation of the relevant measures. Yi Gang, administrator and secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the SAFE, chaired the meeting.

It was agreed by the participants that Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, had provided in his speech an overview of current circumstances regarding the construction of a clean government and the fight against corruption, offering in-depth insights into the significant theoretical and practical issues related to the building of a clean government and putting forward the general ideas and major assignments for combating corruption and for upholding integrity both in the present and in the foreseeable future. This is of far-reaching significance to the spirit of reform in CPC self-discipline by Party members, in the rigorous enforcement of Party discipline, and in the advancement of the building of a clean government and an anti-corruption campaign .

The meeting will require that all participants carry out the spirit of Xi's speech as a current key political task. Officials and staff members under the administration of the SAFE are required to acquire a deep understanding of Xi's speech, align both thoughts and actions with the strategic planning of the CPC Central Committee, and implement the relevant measures to meet the needs of the foreign exchange administration. They are required to make innovations in the current mechanisms for combating corruption, implement relevant measures including institutional guarantees, strictly enforce CPC political, organizational, and financial discipline, earnestly carry out the eight-point guidelines issued by the CPC leadership, and persistently rectify undesirable work styles, including formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism, and extravagance. The use of power by officials will be placed under stricter scrutiny, with intensified efforts to combat corruption. A system of punishment and prevention of wrongdoings will be introduced to promote the building of a system and a mechanism to prevent the risks of corruption. Efforts will be intensified to combat corruption and to uphold integrity in a more scientific manner, thus making more significant contributions to the building of a clean government and to the implementation of the anti-corruption campaign.

It was decided at the meeting that in the near future the SAFE will hold a working conference on construction of Party conduct and construction of honest and clean government, with the aim of conveying and studying the theory of the Third Plenum of the 18th CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and formulating a plan for implementation of the relevant measures.