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China strikes hard on corruption, punishing over 60 officials
July 26, 2012, Thursday
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More than 60 officials at the ministerial and provincial levels were punished for discipline violation since the Party's last national congress.
These high-level officials were among 600,000 people who faced punishment for violating Party and government disciplines since the 17th National Congress of Communist Party of China (CPC) held in 2007, according to a statement from the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) today.
Among them, more than 200,000 were transferred to prosecutors for involvement in legal infringements, the CCDI statement said.
One of the cases was the country's former railway minister, Liu Zhijun, who was expelled from the CPC after being investigated for corruption in May. His case has been handed over to judicial departments.
Early this month, Liu Zhuozhi, former vice chairman of north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region government was convicted of taking bribes and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jiang Hui, research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Xinhua that the country's leadership has placed the anti-corruption task at a high position in its governance over the past 10 years.
The CPC started large-scale efforts to curb corruption among Party and government officials about two decades ago and, in the past decade, efforts have been stepped, said Li Xueqin, head of the CCDI's research division.
By 2011, the CCDI investigated about 21,000 graft cases after inspecting more than 425,000 government-funded construction projects across the country, and exposed more than 60,000 "small coffers" leading to punishment on more than 10,000 officials.
These high-level officials were among 600,000 people who faced punishment for violating Party and government disciplines since the 17th National Congress of Communist Party of China (CPC) held in 2007, according to a statement from the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) today.
Among them, more than 200,000 were transferred to prosecutors for involvement in legal infringements, the CCDI statement said.
One of the cases was the country's former railway minister, Liu Zhijun, who was expelled from the CPC after being investigated for corruption in May. His case has been handed over to judicial departments.
Early this month, Liu Zhuozhi, former vice chairman of north China's Inner Mongolia autonomous region government was convicted of taking bribes and sentenced to life imprisonment.
Jiang Hui, research fellow with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told Xinhua that the country's leadership has placed the anti-corruption task at a high position in its governance over the past 10 years.
The CPC started large-scale efforts to curb corruption among Party and government officials about two decades ago and, in the past decade, efforts have been stepped, said Li Xueqin, head of the CCDI's research division.
By 2011, the CCDI investigated about 21,000 graft cases after inspecting more than 425,000 government-funded construction projects across the country, and exposed more than 60,000 "small coffers" leading to punishment on more than 10,000 officials.
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