As Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), has put it, "Corruption is a cancer of our society." The endeavor to improve Party conduct, promote integrity, and combat corruption is directly related to the very survival of the CPC and of China itself. Opposing corruption and preventing moral decline in the country's long-serving Party is, therefore, a major political task to which the Party must remain committed.

It is widely recognized that since the 18th National Party Congress, Xi Jinping has attached great importance to improving Party conduct, promoting integrity, and fighting corruption. He has emphasized that the Party must exercise effective self-supervision and practice strict self-governance, and introduced new concepts, approaches, and measures to ensure that major progress continues to be made in these respects.

This book is a translation of a book compiled by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Party Literature Research Office of the CPC Central Committee. It brings together 216 excerpts from Xi Jinping's expositions on improving Party conduct, promoting integrity, and fighting corruption. The excerpts are grouped into nine themes. They have been selected from more than 40 of Xi Jinping's speeches, writings, and directives, dating between November 15, 2012 and October 23. 2014.

The purpose of this book is to help readers gain a better understanding of the CPC's efforts to improve Party conduct, promote integrity, and combat corruption through the eyes of China's top leader.

The Compilation and Translation Bureau of

the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China

September 2016