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The sixth plenary session of the 18th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of Communist Party was held from January 12 to 14, 2016. Xi Jinping spoke at the meeting. Other senior Party leaders including Li Keqiang, Zhang Dejiang, Yu Zhengsheng, Liu Yunshan, Wang Qishan, and Zhang Gaoli attended the session. 

Recently, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Central Commission on Discipline Inspection (CCDI) published a collection of Xi Jinping’s speeches on disciplinary issues. In addition to corruption, Xi also heavily criticized those officials who violated political rules.

Starting on January 9 and for four days in a row, the CCDI website published one article per day, each having one of Xi’s quotes in them. This might hint that Xi will expand the anti-corruption campaign to include a political violation campaign.

The following are the titles of these articles:

"Some People Have Come to an Unscrupulous, Reckless Point" – January 9.
"In Politics There Are Some Things One Should Absolutely Never Do; Otherwise, One Must Pay for it." – January 10.
"Some Cadres Put Themselves above the (Party) Organization: I Am the Biggest One in the World" – January 11.
"There Should Not Be All Kinds of Political Interest Groups within the Party" – January 12.

Source: CCDI website, January 9 – January 12, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201601/t20160108_72292.html
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201601/t20160108_72293.html
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201601/t20160108_72294.html
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/yw/201601/t20160112_72582.html

On January 11, 2016, Xinhua published additional highlights from the speeches Xi Jinping has given in recent years on his anti-corruption campaign. On furthering the anti-corruption campaign, it quoted Xi as saying, “There will be no quota or ceiling.”  

On January 5, Caixin published an interview that Global People Magazine had conducted of the scholar, Yu Keping (俞可平). Yu is a former Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official and theorist.

On the question of what Western theories can be applied in China, Yu replied, "First, (China) has treated certain common values that human beings share, such as democracy, liberty, equality, the rule of law, and good governance, as unique Western factors and has rejected them. Actually, it is normal for these universal values to have some different characteristics in different countries. … But it should not be because the West has accepted them first that we then do not want democracy, liberty, or the rule of law. We already have deep lessons to learn on this issue."

Yu served as the Deputy Director of the Central Compilation and Translation Bureau that focuses on ideology and theory research. He resigned from that post to become a political science professor at Beijing University. Caixin introduced Yu as a "famous scholar and political scientist" and mentioned that his article "Democracy Is a Good Thing" had resulted in a lot of discussion in China.

Source: Caixin, January 5, 2015
http://opinion.caixin.com/2016-01-05/100896025.html

On January 7, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Politburo Standing Committee held an all day meeting. Xi Jinping chaired the meeting to listen to the work reports. The Party Committees of the National People’s Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, the State Council, the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) National Committee, the Supreme People’s Court, and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate gave reports. At this meeting, the CCP Central Committee also reported on its work.

The head of the NPC Standing Committee is Zhang Dejiang. The head of the State Council is Li Keqiang. The head of the CPPCC National Committee is Yu Zhengsheng. The head of CCP Central Committee is Liu Yunshan. All of them are members of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee.

Source: Xinhua, January 7, 2016
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-01/07/c_1117705534.htm

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) website reported that Wang Qishan gave an important speech on the future of the Anti-Corruption Campaign. The speech was given at a forum with some provincial Party Secretaries, the CCP Central Committee’s Departmental Party Secretaries, Heads of CCDI Inspection Teams, and scholars in attendance.

Wang stated, "The anti-corruption struggle should not decrease its intensity, change its rhythm, or loosen its standards. It needs to maintain high pressure on corruption."

"(The campaign) should firmly hold onto the Primary Leader’s Accountability and focus on cadres."

"Mobilizing people a thousand times is not as effective as holding them to account (punishing the violators) once."

Source: CCDI website, January 7, 2016
http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xxgk/ldjg/wqs/zyhd/201601/t20160108_72287.html

On January 9, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the Communist Party published the highlights from Xi Jinping’s speeches given in recent years on abiding by the Communist Party’s discipline and rules. It had Xi’s quote as the title, “In Politics there are Some Things One Should Absolutely Never Do; Otherwise, One Must Pay for it.” 

The Political Bureau (Politburo) of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee held a special two-day meeting on December 28 and 29. At the meeting, Xi Jinping brought up the names of five disgraced top officials: Zhou Yongkang, Bo Xilai, Xu Caihou, Guo Boxiong, and Ling Jihua. Except for Ling, a former CCP Central Committee member who served as the top aide to then CCP Secretary General Hu Jintao, the other four were all former Politburo members. Zhou was also a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.