BEIJING - A rule introduced by the Communist Party of China (CPC) leadership last year to fight bureaucracy and formalism has been effective, the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau said in a statement on Tuesday.

Members of the 25-member Political Bureau have conscientiously and earnestly implemented the rule, and the move has been effective in terms of simplifying meetings and speeches, standardizing leaders' overseas visits, improving news coverage of leaders' work, and exercising thrift, the statement said.

The new rule will help to curb pomp, ceremony, unnecessary meetings and extravagance, while improving the Party's work styles and boosting the CPC's prestige, according to the statement.

The Political Bureau urged for the rule to be better carried out in the future, vowing "no exception" when implementing relevant regulations.

"Countermeasures aiming to dodge these rules should be resolutely rectified," the statement said.