The Chairman of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC), 68-year old Wang Qishan wrote an article in the People's Daily of November 8, 2016, warning senior Party cadres to stay vigilant against those who harbour plots to seize the power of the party and the state. He said “The higher one’s position is, the more trust [the Party] bestows on him, so the higher the risk. Absolute power leads to absolute corruption, and thus unsupervised power is extremely dangerous.” He also urged party officials, especially senior ones, to “raise their political awareness” and “stay clean”.