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Anti-Corruption Gets Priority in 2001 (1)
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BEIJING, December 10 (Xinhua) -- China's punishment of four
ministerial-level officials within a month in the latter half of
this year has shown its firm stand in the fight against corruption,
which has in turn heartened the general public.
From September 26 to October 22, Li Jiating, former governor of
southwest China's Yunnan Province, and Shi Zhaobin,former deputy
secretary of the Fujian Provincial Committee of the Communist
Party of China (CPC) as well as former Party secretary of Xiamen
City, Fujian, were expelled from the Party for corruption and were
handed over to the courts for trial.
During the same period, Mu Suixin, former deputy governor of
Liaoning Province and former mayor of Shenyang City, Liaoning, and
Li Jizhou, former deputy minister of Public Security, were both
given death sentences with reprieves for taking bribes and
dereliction of duty.
Ren Jianming, head of the office for research on corruption
with Qinghua University, says the phenomenon of an increased
number of high-ranking officials being prosecuted and tried this
year has shown that China is determined to fight against
corruption.
The clear-cut attitude of the government in the fight against
corruption has pleased ordinary Chinese people. A worker with the
Environmental Protection Bureau of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous
Region says: "The fall of some high-ranking officials shows the
Party and the central government have been taking determined
action against corruption."
Experts believe that corruption is a common global problem.
Three generations of the CPC's leading collectives, with Mao
Zedong, Deng Xiaoping and Jiang Zemin at the helm, have always
paid great attention to the fight against corruption.
The sixth plenary session of the 15th CPC Central Committee
lists intensifying and improving the work style of the Party and
fighting against corruption as major elements in the construction
of a ruling party. (More)
Anti-Corruption Gets Priority in 2001 (2)
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An official with the Chinese Ministry of Supervision admits
that China has achieved satisfactory results in its fight against
corruption.
People are showing more confidence in the government's efforts
to fight corruption and have been actively participating in the
drive.
Statistics show that since last year hundreds of thousands of
Chinese have reported cases of corruption through various channels.
With the support of Party committees, the media have also moved in
to step up supervision of the anti-corruption drive.
In the meantime, more books, movies and TV plays featuring anti-
corruption are being produced and have become popular. Corruption
and anti-corruption are often talked about in the street.
Cao Qingze, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection of the CPC, says the number of major cases
being brought to trial have frightened corruptive elements and
have also served as a deterrent to others.
"The central government has taken a range of effective measures,
including not allowing the army or law-enforcing organizations to
be engaged in economic or trade activities, and Party and
government organizations are being ordered to disassociate
themselves from money-making businesses. These measures have
played an important role in punishing corruption," said Cao.
This is the first year of the Tenth Five-Year Plan (2001-2005)
period. To ensure a smooth implementation of the plan, China will
continue its anti-corruption drive in a more determined and
lasting manner in the years to come.
Liu Liying, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection of the CPC, said at the tenth international
anti-corruption conference that China has been making efforts to
curb various kinds of corruption, and has made successful
innovations in key places where corruption can easily occur in
order to prevent and stamp out corruption at its source.
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