Officials who assumed that the intensity of the fight against corruption last year would lose its momentum should give up their wishful thinking and pay attention to what Party leader Xi Jinping said at the third plenum of the 18th CPC Central Commission for Disciplinary Inspection on Tuesday.

Despite progress over the past year, Xi said that strong measures and high pressure will continue to be used to fight corruption and there will be zero tolerance for abuse of power.

Delivering a speech on the commission's plenum, Xi said the situation remains serious and the campaign against corruption will be very complicated. This should make the central authorities realize that the campaign is an uphill battle which requires construction of a mechanism to prevent corruption.