Review and perspectives on anti-corruption and integrity education in China

Purpose： Eradicating corruption is a long process that requires not only the improvement of institutional norms but also the development of soft power to constrain corruption. Education can mould an individual's personality, attitude, and character, thus inhibiting corruption. Therefore, through school education, integrating anti-corruption theories, integrity culture and institutional norms, cultivating the values of integrity, making students aware of corruption, and shaping anti-corruption and integrity character become the necessary content of anti-corruption and integrity education. Research Methodology：This study utilised the textual analysis method and questionnaire survey to analyse the implementation of anti-corruption and integrity education at various education stages in China. Finding：The study found that the objectives and contents of the current anti-corruption and integrity education have been incorporated into the ideological and political education curriculum. The method of integrity education is mainly used to guide students to form an integrity character. Still, there is insufficient emphasis on anti-corruption education, such as corruption, its causes, manifestations and hazards, the relationship between corruption and integrity, the current anti-corruption and integrity legal system, and initiatives related to the fight against corruption. Implications： In the future, educators could construct anti-corruption and integrity teaching modules, use a variety of teaching methods, integrate anti-corruption and integrity education in political and ideological education curricula, and create an integrity campus atmosphere to form a character of integrity at the individual level, guide students to understand corruption, the history of anti-corruption, anti-corruption measures and responsibilities, and cultivate integrity and incorruptible citizen.