Lai Xiaomin, former chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd., took bribes of nearly 1.8 billion yuan, Zhang Zhongsheng, former vice mayor of Luliang City, Shanxi Province, took bribes of more than 1.04 billion yuan, and Gu Guoming, former president of ICBC Shanghai Branch, took bribes of more than 136 million yuan... The amount involved is often hundreds of millions. Under the high pressure of anti-corruption, why do corrupt elements defy discipline and law, and defy the law? There are profound and complex reasons for the breeding of corruption. These cases also further confirm that although the anti-corruption struggle has made historic achievements, the situation is still grim and complex. Corrosion and anti-corrosion struggle exist for a long time. There is no choice against corruption and we must advance in the face of difficulties. Corruption is a historical problem. Corruption is not a special product of any country or era. It has existed in the past, today and in the future. There are no exceptions at all times, at home and abroad. Historical issues should be treated in a historical way. "Remember the past and be the teacher of the future." to jump out of the historical cycle of "prosperity and sudden decline", we must oppose corruption with the firmest determination, the strongest will and the most powerful measures, which must be unambiguous and unwavering. Everything has its process of emergence, development and extinction, and corruption is no exception. To win the victory of anti-corruption, we will not accomplish it overnight, but must carry out the anti-corruption struggle to the end with perseverance and perseverance on the road forever. As history advances and corruption evolves, anti-corruption must "go a long way", deepen the understanding of its characteristics and laws, grasp policies and strategies, keep pace with the times, update ideas, measures and methods, and constantly strive for new victories. Corruption is a social and cultural problem. As a special social phenomenon, corruption is not only incompatible with mainstream values, but also exists in a specific society. Unhealthy tendencies and evil tendencies will prevail if healthy tendencies are not exposed. The fundamental impact of a society on corruption is the tolerance of corruption. It should be noted that despite the progress of the times, feudal dross such as "one person gets the truth, chickens and dogs rise to heaven" and "official standard" still have historical inertia. They are used to measuring social relations and profound human and social traditions based on their distance from "oneself", which is very easy to blur the public-private boundary. To carry out the anti-corruption struggle in depth, we must pay attention to the governance of the social environment. As an important part of national governance, we should organically combine it with the construction of socialist spiritual civilization and the socialist core value system, reform the old and reform the new, stir up the evil and promote the clean, strive to shape the social atmosphere and attitude of upholding honesty and fighting corruption, and curb the bad atmosphere Compress the space for corruption. Corruption is also a personal problem. It is human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, but the pursuit of interests should be moderate and reasonable. Extravagance is greed, and lawlessness is evil. When greed defeats morality and rules, public power will be alienated into a tool for personal gain and motivation will become practical action. Corrupt elements will compensate for negative emotions such as moral imbalance and fear caused by corruption for various reasons. Once a psychological "balance" is reached, ambition and greed will continue to expand and grow savagely. We must severely punish corruption, maintain high pressure, increase the cost of corruption, let corrupt people pay the price, and form a strong psychological deterrent. "It's easy to break a thief in the mountain, but it's difficult to break a thief in the heart". Breaking the thief in the heart is basically a problem of three concepts and abiding by the law. We should not be vague about the major right and wrong, but also guard the small sections, temper the party spirit, temper the will, fear the discipline and law, and work for a long time. Only in this way can we get used to nature, have no delusions inside and no reckless actions outside, and vulgar things can not get close to us, so as to "follow our heart and do not exceed the rules". The essence of corruption is the private use of public power and the abuse of power for personal gain. Power is an extremely scarce social resource. Using public power for private interests can easily obtain huge returns. This is the temptation of power exchange. The corrosion of power comes not only from the person in power itself, but also from external hunting, the so-called "bribe with power set". "Where the potential lies, profit follows". Those who pursue power and profit are like maggots attached to the bone, everywhere, everywhere and everywhere. Power itself does not necessarily lead to corruption, but unsupervised power will alienate, and absolute power will definitely lead to corruption. The key is to control the people in power and use power, improve their ability to find and investigate problems, and often blame them, so as to ensure that public power is public and public power is public. As long as there is power, the conditions for the breeding of corruption lie, and the impulse of power to cross the border always exists. This requires that we must pay attention to the operation of power, scientifically allocate power, establish an effective supervision and restriction mechanism, and really put power in a cage. The more difficult and dangerous it is, the more forward it is. For the Communist Party of China, which was born, developed and expanded in the struggle and aspired to the great cause of the Chinese nation for thousands of years, the fight against corruption is a struggle that can not afford to lose and must not lose. We must overcome all fear of war, weariness of war and negative slackness, do not give in, do not let go at a breath, and always blow the trumpet of charge. (outlook new era)