【明報專訊】THE 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has come to an end. Wang Qishan, the Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), has bowed out of the top echelons of the CPC having achieved considerable success in his post. In recent years, some Western scholars have begun treating the Chinese political model as a "meritocracy". As China's equivalent to the ICAC, i.e. the National Supervision Commission, will be established next year, the anti-graft campaign will theoretically be more comprehensive, and the meritocratic reform will be more thorough. However, it remains questionable whether the CPC is able to fight corruption institutionally and achieve effective self-regulation and self-enhancement. All this will hinge on whether the establishment of the rule of law will be thoroughly implemented.