Xi warns about risks to Party

Lin Zhe, a professor at the Party School of the CPC Central Committee, said the central leadership has conveyed cautionary words on many occasions since it was elected last month.

In the first speech Xi delivered as top leader of the Party, he warned against "severe challenges" confronting the Party and many "problems inside the Party that are urgent to solve", including corruption, losing touch with the people's concerns and being sticklers for formalities.

The leadership put forth eight measures this month to cut extravagance and bureaucracy, and provincial Party committees have followed suit.

Xi's words have shown the leadership's concern and eagerness to address long-standing issues such as corruption to ease social resentment, Lin said.

Lin said the leadership has made it clear that supervision is a useful tool to fight corruption, and to improve cooperation with the non-Communist parties to let them take part in State management is a feasible and safe approach to allow more supervision.

It is a tradition for new CPC leaders to hold talks with the non-Communist parties and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.

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