A regulation on the prevention of job-related crimes among military officers was issued recently to speed up China's fight against corruption in the military forces, Liberation Army Daily reported in Beijing Wednesday.

"It is an important move to guarantee the stability of China's military forces," the paper stressed.

Despite the achievements made in punishing military officers who break laws and in preventing job-related crimes in recent years, no similar systematic regulation has been issued before, the paper said.

The regulation stipulates the guidelines and measures of preventing job-related corruption, the paper said.

It urged all military units to institutionalize the prevention of job-related corruption and encourage both the officers and soldiers to participate in the anti-corruption drive.

"The fight against job-related crimes should be a regular, comprehensive and basic task for the military units at various levels," the regulation stated, highlighting supervision and checks on those in power.

It also called on military units to faithfully implement the policies concerning the fight against corruption, enhancing the party's governing capability and the rule of law as issued by the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Central Military Commission.

The regulation was jointly issued by the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) Department of the General Staff, the PLA General Political Department, the PLA General Logistics Department, and the PLA General Armament Department.

Source: Xinhua