Training centers a target in graft fight
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TRAINING centers for government officials or state-owned enterprise employees are the latest targets in China’s anti-corruption drive.
From banquets in luxury hotels to private clubs hidden in public parks, China’s crackdown on corruption is spreading into more obscure corners as the campaign widens.
The so-called training centers, often hidden away in tourist cities, offer services exclusively to government employees. Some are also open to ordinary tourists, but at very high prices.
Xu Peng from Shenzhen was angered when he and his family were refused a room at the Meisha Hotel in the city’s popular beach area last weekend. The “hotel” is actually a training center for the Shenzhen branch of China Construction Bank.
A receptionist told Xinhua news agency it is not open to public, and only China Construction Bank employees or their families can check in.
High-ranking officials
“A standard room costs 280 yuan (US$45) a night, while a king-size room is 380 yuan, far below the price local hotels charge tourists. The deluxe suite is only available to high-ranking officials,” the receptionist added.
A Shenzhen government official who declined to be named said that although officials and SOE employees cannot stay in the training centers for free, they get big discounts.
“The beautiful beach is already a special privilege for the few. It is not fair,” Xu complained.
Close to Hong Kong, Shenzhen has many restaurants, hotels and training centers, along with beautiful sunshine and beaches, but more than 80 percent of its 56 beaches are occupied by unlicensed operators including government departments.
Shenzhen Intermediate People’s Court, local tax authorities, urban planning and land resources commissions, the Industrial Commercial Bank of China, and other bodies have built more than 20 training centers
The People’s Daily, the Party’s flagship newspaper, yesterday described how training centers are more like spas, saunas or bowling alleys with the expenditure accounted for as training or meetings: a simple waste of public money, it said.
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