Politburo Standing Committee (PBSC) Member and CDIC Chairman Zhao Leji (赵乐际) addressed the Central Inspection Work Mobilization and Deployment Conference held in Beijing on February 2, 2018 when he told 'inspection' workers that they must “work hard to discover violations of political discipline and political rules, corruption among leading cadres, unhealthy tendencies surrounding the masses, violations of the spirit of the eight guidelines, cadres’ unwillingness to take on responsibilities and inaction, violation in hiring and choosing procedure and other prominent problems.”

(Comment: Zhao Leji's remarks are another clear indication that there will be no easing up of the campaign against corruption and more senior-level leading cadres can be expected to be dismissed from the Party and PLA in the coming months.)