It is not too much to call 2013 the year of an anti-corruption storm.

Altogether since January, 16 officials above vice-minister level have been placed under investigation for abuse of power. Of them, two are full members of the Party's central committee. By the end of June, 87 bureau level officials were also probed for abuse of power.

But the campaign is not just to apprehend corrupt elements, it also targets all unhealthy practices and tendencies in all government departments and Party institutions.