BEIJING/SHANGHAI: The Chinese Communist Party has banned all 88 million of its members from joining golf clubs, in its latest update of party discipline rules.

Chinese President Xi Jinping has been driving a sweeping crackdown on deep-rooted graft since taking over the party’s leadership in late 2012. Since then dozens of senior officials have been investigated or jailed. Tales of graft and officials’ high living, including extravagant banquets and expensive rounds on the golf course, have stirred widespread public anger because bureaucrats are meant to live on modest sums and lead morally exemplary lives.

The new rules update existing regulations and are designed to better codify what constitutes a violation of discipline.