Zhou Yongkang was sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes, abusing power and deliberately disclosing state secrets, with his political rights deprived for life and personal assets confiscated, the Tianjin Municipal No. 1 Intermediate People's Court ruled on Thursday.

Widespread discussions of the probe into powerful Chinese politician Zhou Yongkang continued on Wednesday, with the public lauding the anti-graft breakthrough and anticipating further systematic reform.

The Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) and Armed Police fully support the decision to investigate Zhou Yongkang, the latest and highest-ranking "tiger" in the anti-corruption campaign, a military newspaper said Thursday.

The announcement on Tuesday about investigation of former security chief Zhou Yongkang, the latest step in an unprecedented crackdown on corruption, has ushered in new hopes and aspirations for the reform-bound Chinese economy, market watchers said on Wednesday.

China on Tuesday announced an official investigation into former security chief Zhou Yongkang, the highest-ranking official that has been probed for corruption since the republic was founded in 1949.

Now it has become more convincing that China’s rule of law will not pass by any violators of the law, regardless of their ranks and high positions.

The announcement of the investigation of former senior official Zhou Yongkang has revealed the courage and resolution of the Communist Party of China (CPC) to purify itself and run itself with strict discipline.

A commentary to be published in Wednesday's People's Daily, flagship newspaper of the Communist Party of China (CPC) pledges no exception in the Party's discipline enforcement.