General Secretary Hu Jintao presided over a meeting of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee Tuesday, to discuss the top issues of building the Party's style and fighting corruption.

The participants exchanged views on the formulation of the (Experimental) Provisions on the Internal Supervision of the Communist Party of China, and the draft of the Provisions on Disciplinary Punishments of the Communist Party of China.

They agreed that negative phenomena and corruption as well as the conditions that have bred these phenomena are yet to be eliminated, although new and remarkable achievements have been made in anti-corruption efforts to improve the Party's style and clean up the government since the convening of the 16th CPC Congress in 2002.

The meeting called for carrying out the anti-corruption drive in a substantial manner, stressing that it is of great importance for ensuring the smooth accomplishment of all the tasks of the Party and the state.

Meanwhile the CPC Central Committee for Discipline Inspection will hold its third plenary session in January 2004, according to a resolution made at the meeting.

(Xinhua News Agency December 24, 2003)