China's central authority's decision to investigate Bo Xilai's serious discipline violations and his wife's case shows the strong will to fight corruption, local officials and civilians said on Thursday.

People interviewed by Xinhua's local correspondents across the country agreed that the decision highlighted the high vigilance of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on corruption and its ruling risks.

The CPC Central Committee announced a decision Tuesday to suspend Bo's membership of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau and the CPC Central Committee as he is suspected of being involved in serious discipline violations, and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC would file the case for investigation.

Chinese police also set up a team to reinvestigate the death of British citizen Neil Heywood in Chongqing on November 15, 2011, which was alleged by Wang Lijun, Chongqing's former police chief who entered, without authorization, the U.S. general consulate in Chengdu on February 6 and stayed there.

According to reinvestigation results, existing evidence indicated that Heywood died of homicide, of which Bogu Kailai, Bo's wife, and Zhang Xiaojun, an orderly at Bo's home, are highly suspected.

The CPC Central Committee, with Comrade Hu Jintao as the general secretary, has paid high attention to preventing and punishing corruption and taken it as an important political mission in recent years, said Professor Ji Yaguang with the Nankai University based in northern city of Tianjin.

China must deepen reform and improve the mechanism to supervise and restrain power, and make power executed under the sunshine, Ji said.

"Transparency and openness are the edge tools to prevent and fight corruption," said Liu Lin, deputy director with Corruption Prevention Bureau of central Henan Province.

"The central authority publicized the decision to investigate Bo Xilai's case in such a timely manner, showing the Party's will and confidence in fighting and punishing corruption," Liu said.

Chen Lin, a cadre with Yubei District of Chongqing Municipality, said the central authority's decision was an effective example for anti-corruption education among government officials to correctly use their power for the people's well-being.

Party and government officials should consciously accept supervision from the media, Party organizations and the general public, said Zhu Jiazhong, a village Party secretary in southwestern Guizhou Province.

(Xinhua News Agency April 13, 2012)