Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday vowed to put fighting corruption at the top of his agenda, at a special meeting of his new cabinet. (Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Tuesday vowed to put fighting corruption at the top of his agenda, at a special meeting of his new cabinet.

    The sole agenda item for Tuesday's meeting was this year's anti-corruption work by the State Council, or cabinet.

    Wen said some officials in government departments had no effective supervision, and this was an important reason for the spread of corruption.

    Anti-corruption should give prominence to establishing systematic restrictions to such unsupervised powers, he said.

China's State Council issues rules to guide its work

    BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, published regulations on Tuesday to guide its employees' work.

    The regulations run to about 6,500 characters in 11 chapters. Full story

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