China's Communist Party agrees to tighten discipline within its ranks

Senior officials of China's ruling Communist Party agreed on Thursday in the capital, Beijing, on measures aimed at strengthening discipline within the party's ranks, according to Chinese media.

The Communist Party is the governing political force in China, so its internal decisions on discipline apply to party members and officials.

The available information does not specify which measures were approved, how they will be carried out or when they take effect. It also does not say at which meeting, or in what composition, the decision was made. No further details have been made public so far.