Chi Yaoyun, the deputy director general of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, announced Thursday that corruption among "leading" officials is declining, the South China Morning Post reported. Chi said the number of cases handled by the commission, which is responsible for supervising the party's 70 million members, was on the decline, although no figures were disclosed. The almost 30,000 party and non-party officials indicted for corruption this year was about the same amount as the previous year, despite high-profile investigations such as that of Shanghai party boss Chen Liangyu this year. Chi vowed to crack down nationwide to stop official kickbacks, bribes and illicit payments, though many ordinary people see cases like Chen's as a sign that corruption is only getting worse.