More detailed and coercive policies requiring officials to declare their assets are expected to form the basis of the three-day plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) that kicked off in Beijing yesterday.

During the last plenary session of the Communist Party of China's internal anti-graft body, it was decided that authorities would ask senior officials to report their properties, investments and jobs held by their spouses and children, and strengthen supervision of officials who have family living overseas.

Seven areas in China, including Altay in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, Cixi in Zhejiang province, and Pudong in Shanghai, have already asked officials to declare this information.