China's Firm Determination to Fight Against Corruption

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China's Firm Determination to Fight Against Corruption

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.

Two Officials Sentenced to Death for Corruption

High-ranking Officials Punished

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.

Determination to Fight Against Corruption

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."

Top Legislator on Strengthening Supervision to Curb 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.

Efforts Fruitful

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.

Senior Party Leader on Combating Corruption

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.

Anti-corruption Drive

"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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