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BEIJING Cheap Mikael Backlund Jersey , Sept. 28 (Xinhua) -- The eight-point frugality code, introduced by the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, aims to improve Party and government officials' work style.


Since it was adopted in December 2012, great efforts have been made by the Party to rectify undesirable work styles of formalism, bureaucratism, hedonism and extravagance.


During the past five years, some 176 Cheap Kris Versteeg Jersey ,000 violations have been investigated, nearly 240,000 CPC officials punished, and around 128,000 officials subjected to disciplinary action, according to the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).


The accountability system has also been intensified, with nearly 6 Cheap TJ Brodie Jersey ,800 leading cadres held accountable on violations in 2016 and almost 4,000 in the first half of 2017.


Members of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee has conducted 1,587 grassroots investigations in the past five years.


Nearly 190 golf courses were shut down across the country, and 625 offices set up by local authorities in Beijing have been closed.


The government has banned the construction of new government buildings and has vacated nearly 22.3 million square meters of government offices that were being misused.


by Xinhua writers Liu Xin, Kong Xiangxin


BEIJING, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- The north-south axis of China'sancient capital has been extended and revitalized.


On Sept. 29, Beijing authorities unveiled a general plan for thedevelopment of the central axis Cheap Mark Giordano Jersey , called the Zhongzhouxian, from2016 to 2035. It aims to protect the city's history andculture.


The plan said the Zhongzhouxian is both historical anddeveloping, and preservation work should be coordinated withupgrades.


First created in the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368), the originalZhongzhouxian was 3.7 kilometers. The Ming (1368-1644) and Qing(1644-1911) dynasties extended the length to 7.8 kilometers fromYongdingmen in the south to the Drum and Bell Towers in thenorth.


Chinese architect Liang Sicheng, a pioneer of heritagepreservation, described the Zhongzhouxian as possibly the world'slongest and greatest north-south central axis.