Art, literary prizes to be scaled back to stop graft
Print Edition
First went the fancy banquets, then the lavish gift-giving. Now, the Communist Party of China has set its sights on a new target in its anti-corruption drive: art and literary prizes.
China鈥檚 proliferation of cultural awards has raised alarm among the Party鈥檚 anti-corruption investigators, who worry that government officials are using them as a means of improving their clout, Xinhua news agency reported.
At a meeting on Monday, culture ministry officials vowed to 鈥渟trictly prohibit the obtaining of illegitimate benefits in the name of art,鈥 Xinhua said.
鈥淭he ministry of culture will carry out a comprehensive rectification of literary and art awards (and) a number of awards will be cancelled or streamlined,鈥 it said.
鈥淟iterature and art awards programs during festivals will be canceled,鈥 it added, saying that the ministry will 鈥済uard against and eliminate all kinds of unhealthy tendencies.鈥
China鈥檚 art and cultural spheres have come under increasing scrutiny.
In January, the Party鈥檚 internal Central Commission for Discipline Inspection urged officials not to seek senior positions in provincial art and calligraphy associations, warning that those who do so are 鈥渟tealing the meat off artists鈥 plates.鈥
鈥淚n some places, you will see dozens of vice presidents sitting atop the provincial calligraphy association,鈥 the commission wrote in a notice at the time.
Last year, Jiang Guoxing, deputy head of the press and publication bureau in east China鈥檚 Jiangsu Province, was sentenced to 12 and a half years in prison for accepting 1.85 million yuan (US$300,000) in bribes, some of which were disguised as payment for his calligraphy 鈥渕asterpieces.鈥
- About Us
- |
- Terms of Use
- |
-
RSS - |
- Privacy Policy
- |
- Contact Us
- |
- Shanghai Call Center: 962288
- |
- Tip-off hotline: 52920043
- 娌狪CP璇侊細娌狪CP澶05050403鍙-1
- |
- 浜掕仈缃戞柊闂讳俊鎭湇鍔¤鍙瘉锛31120180004
- |
- 缃戠粶瑙嗗惉璁稿彲璇侊細0909346
- |
- 骞挎挱鐢佃鑺傜洰鍒朵綔璁稿彲璇侊細娌瓧绗354鍙
- |
- 澧炲肩數淇′笟鍔＄粡钀ヨ鍙瘉锛氭勃B2-20120012
Copyright 漏 1999- Shanghai Daily. All rights reserved.Preferably viewed with Internet Explorer 8 or newer browsers.
