China's top anti-corruption body has undergone an unprecedented big reshuffle, showing the country's determination in fighting against corruption.

The reshuffle involved 108 high-ranking officials in eight departments of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the Ministry of Supervision.

"If an official stays at its post for too long, they are more prone to corruption," Shao Daosheng, an anti-corruption expert and researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, was quoted as saying by Tuesday's Legal Evening Post.

"The reshuffle will not only prevent officials from forming their nepotism at the old position, but will also stimulate their creativity at the new position and supervise one another," Shao added.

In 1996, the Ministry of Personnel issued the Provisional Regulations on Reshuffling of Government Civil Servants, which required civil servants that have stayed in one position for over five years to change positions.

"Many government departments still implement the regulations but such a big reshuffle involving over a hundred high-ranking officials is unprecedented," the newspaper quoted the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee as saying.

The commission and the ministry plan to widen the range of officials for reshuffle and carry out this kind of reshuffles each year.

Editor: Olivia