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China Strengthens Anti-Corruption Campaign in 2001

China has intensified high-level anti-corruption work in 2001. Li Jizhou, former deputy Public Security Minister, and Mu Suixin, Former mayor of Shenyang, were sentenced to death with reprieve. Crimes committed by Shi Zhaobin, former deputy secretary of the CPC Fujian Provincial Committee, Li Jiating, former Yunnan governor, Chong Fukui, former deputy governor of Hebei Province, etc, were also exposed.


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  • March 10: China National Auditing Administration revealed that beginning from 2001 China will conduct post-leaving auditing on a trial basis among provincial leading cadres.


  • April 26: The Central Discipline Inspection Commission disclosed that Wang Leyi, deputy director of the General Customs Administration, had been expelled from the CPC,discharged from public employment and transferred to and dealt with by judicial organs according to law. Wang was accused of taking bribes worth 820,000 yuan (US$99,000) and seizing 630,000 yuan (US$76,000) worth of State and people's property.


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  • May 17: Cong Fukui, 58, former deputy-governor of Hebei Province, who had reportedly asked for and accepted bribes, and engaged in serious economic crimes, was investigated and prosecuted.

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  • June: In his speech made in the Central Party School, Jiang Zemin cited Cheng Kejie as an example to warn ranking officials to "leave an unsullied record in the world".


  • September 24-26: The Sixth Plenum of the 15th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China was held in Beijing. The plenum passed the "Central Discipline Inspection Commission's Report on the Examination of the Case of Shi Zhaobin" and the"Central Discipline Inspection Commission's Report on the Examination of the Case of Li Jiating" and decided to dismiss Shi Zhaobin and Li Jiating from their posts as alternate members of the 15th CPC Central Committee, and expelled them from the Party.


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  • October 10: Mu Suixin, former mayor of Shenyang, was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve. Ma Xiangdong, former executive deputy mayor of Shenyang, was sentenced to death. Other 14 persons involved in the case were also sentenced respectively. Ma Xiangdong was executed on December 19.


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  • October 22: Li Jizhou was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve by the Beijing No. One Intermediate People's Court for taking bribes and dereliction of duty. He was deprived of political rights for life, and all his personal property was confiscated.


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  • November 2: Wang Huaizhong, former deputy-governor of Anhui Province, who was suspected of being involved in economic crimes, was placed on file as a case for investigation.


  • November 15: Fuijian Standing Committee of the NPC removed Qiu Guangzhong, former deputy governor of Fujian Province, from his post.


  • December 5: Liu Zhibing, former member of the Standing Committee of Guangxi Regional CPC Committee and former executive vice-chairman of the people's government of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was expelled from the Party and arrested by the Supreme People's Procuratorate according to law.


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    On July 1, CPC Central Committee General Secretary Jiang Zemin in his keynote speech at a grand gathering marking the 80th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC), called for improved Party building in accordance with the requirements of "Three Represents".

    The "Three Represents", which calls for the CPC to represent the development trend of China's advanced social productive forces, the orientation of China's advanced culture, and the fundamental interests of the overwhelming majority of the people in China, is the guiding principle that leads the Party building in this new era of history.

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    Full Text of Jiang's Speech at CPC Anniversary Gathering: I, II, III, IV


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