Emojis on austerity rules go viral

[Photo: from News.cn by Jiang Yuexin]

An emojis package highlighting the eight-point austerity rules has become a hit on the internet.

It was launched by China's top discipline watchdog to promote the spirit of austerity in an innovative way.

The package has 16 emojis, each promoting a specific idea, for example, opposing formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance, opposing privileges, forbidding improper allocation and use of official vehicles or reducing the number of meetings.

The emojis went viral after they were published on the website and WeChat account of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Nov 3.

The emojis package has been downloaded over 130,000 times on WeChat, and has been shared more than 500,000 times via the app, the CCDI said.

The package was launched to coincide with the fifth anniversary of the eight-point rules, which were issued by the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Dec 4, 2012, aiming to reduce bureaucracy, extravagance and undesirable work practices of Party members.

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（news source: China Daily）