First Automotive Works, a State-owned automotive manufacturing company, has been severely criticized by China's top anti-graft watchdog for its inefficiency in fighting corruption.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said on Wednesday that FAW staff members have continued their misconduct even though they were clearly asked to rectify their behavior after an investigation in 2011.

Zhu Baocheng, head of the inspection group at the CCDI, said a follow-up investigation in August found that corruption still exists, mainly in the sales department and the resource allocation sector of the company, and that no effective efforts to fight corruption have been made.