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Party to step up corruption battle
Source: Xinhua |
January 15, 2009, Thursday
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THE Communist Party of China has vowed to step up investigations into corruption involving government workers who colluded with traders for personal gain or made deals involving power and money.
A communique released yesterday at the end of a three-day plenary session of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also said efforts to prosecute government workers who accepted bribes would be stepped up.
The principle that everyone is equal before the law must be enforced and no corrupt official should be able to escape punishment, the communique said.
The crackdown on corruption in 2009 will also focus on cases involving food and work safety, environmental protection, land use, oil prices, use of government special funds and other issues of public concern, it said.
The third plenary session of the discipline commission outlined the anti-corruption work for the year ahead.
The CPC will step up efforts to build an anti-corruption system that pays attention to both prevention and punishment, to further gain trust from the public and ensure stability and development.
Education on eradicating corruption and upholding integrity should be incorporated into the training agenda of Party officials, said the communique.
The commission warned officials against unacceptable practices, including accepting cash or financial instruments as gifts, occupying apartments not in accordance with their rank, and allowing spouses or children to take advantage of their influence for illicit gain on the stock market or in business.
The crackdown will also focus on officials who seek to profit from involvement in construction contracts, the communique said. Officials are banned from seeking profits for their "special concerned persons" through use of social connections with other officials, according to the communique.
The CPC would extend its campaign to strengthen supervision over government-paid trips aboard, restricting expenses, trip members and numbers of trips, it said.
Statistics of discipline commission showed that 4,960 officials above county head level were penalized last year to November. Of those, 801 had been prosecuted.
A communique released yesterday at the end of a three-day plenary session of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also said efforts to prosecute government workers who accepted bribes would be stepped up.
The principle that everyone is equal before the law must be enforced and no corrupt official should be able to escape punishment, the communique said.
The crackdown on corruption in 2009 will also focus on cases involving food and work safety, environmental protection, land use, oil prices, use of government special funds and other issues of public concern, it said.
The third plenary session of the discipline commission outlined the anti-corruption work for the year ahead.
The CPC will step up efforts to build an anti-corruption system that pays attention to both prevention and punishment, to further gain trust from the public and ensure stability and development.
Education on eradicating corruption and upholding integrity should be incorporated into the training agenda of Party officials, said the communique.
The commission warned officials against unacceptable practices, including accepting cash or financial instruments as gifts, occupying apartments not in accordance with their rank, and allowing spouses or children to take advantage of their influence for illicit gain on the stock market or in business.
The crackdown will also focus on officials who seek to profit from involvement in construction contracts, the communique said. Officials are banned from seeking profits for their "special concerned persons" through use of social connections with other officials, according to the communique.
The CPC would extend its campaign to strengthen supervision over government-paid trips aboard, restricting expenses, trip members and numbers of trips, it said.
Statistics of discipline commission showed that 4,960 officials above county head level were penalized last year to November. Of those, 801 had been prosecuted.
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