Families of Shanghai officials sever business links
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MOST Shanghai officials whose families were engaged in business activities have been ordered to quit or resign in an effort to prevent corruption, the city’s Party Secretary Han Zheng said yesterday.
A total of 182 officials were found to have had a spouse or child involved in business, and most of them had quit by the end of last year, Han told a press conference in Beijing on the sidelines of the ongoing National People’s Congress.
Ten officials were sacked and three others are being investigated on suspicion of severe discipline violations, Han said. Another 10 officials were transferred to other posts and one has resigned.
“Lots of people complained about officials’ spouses and children being in business, so we must take note,” Han said.
The city banned close family members of senior officials from running businesses in a pilot regulation launched in May ahead of a nationwide rollout.
Since then, 1,802 officials have reported their families’ business links, Han said.
Investigations will be launched annually to check at least 20 percent of local officials.
“Those who fail to pass the investigation won’t be promoted,” the Party chief said.
According to the regulation issued by the Party committee of Shanghai in May, the spouses and children of the leading officials are not allowed to run companies or engage in business.
The ban also applies to senior officials including heads of city departments, district and county governments, courts, procuratorates, the public security bureau and state-owned companies.
Officials must state what work is done by their spouses and children.
The involvement of officials’ family members in commercial concerns is likely to lead to corruption with the phenomenon common in the developed areas, the city’s Deputy Party Secretary Ying Yong said.
At yesterday’s press conference, Han said another major concern is the city’s “overheated” real estate market.
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