Analysts emphasize need for legal framework to fight corruption

Chinese anti-corruption work should step into a new stage with upgraded laws that prevent as well as fight graft, judicial experts said, after a landmark meeting of the country's top Party officials concluded on Thursday.

The number of local and national officials who were investigated or punished for graft over the past two years shows the seriousness of corruption, but it also reflects the significant effects of the country's anti-graft campaign, said Cheng Lei, associate law professor of the Judicial Reform Research Center at Renmin University of China.