Accompanying this report, the Editor's Notes say: In order to greet the convocation of the Fourth Plenary Session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, our newspaper begins today to open the Special Column, "Intensifying Anti-Corruption Efforts", which will carry a group of reports on Party work-style and clean government construction and anti-corruption work.

This reporter has learned from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Supervision that various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the central government, as well as Party and State organizations have regarded implementation of the Party work-style and clean and honest government construction as an important content of the 1999 Party work-style and clean government construction and anti-corruption work, they have strengthened leadership, enhanced their sense of responsibility, intensified supervision and inspection, conscientiously carried out check-up of responsibility, and strictly conducted the work of investigation and affixing responsibility, so that the responsibility system is fully carried out. Statistics indicate that by the end of October last year, a total of more than 6,300 leading cadres had been called to account for their dereliction of duty in Party work-style and clean government construction.

After the Provision of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council Concerning Instituting a Responsibility System for Party Work-Style and Clean Government Construction was promulgated in November 1998, Party and government leading cadres in various regions and departments generally paid great attention to, and conscientiously organized study and publicity of it. Over the past year, the various regions and departments, centered around implementation of the responsibility system for Party work-style and clean government construction, have done a great deal of foundation work. Up till now, various provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities as well as 123 Party and State organizations have, in light of the reality of their own regions and departments, formulated and published implementing methods, laying down concrete stipulations on ensuring implementation of the responsibility system.

Supervision, inspection and responsibility check are an important link in carrying out the responsibility system for Party work-style and clean government construction. Assessment leading groups composed of principal leaders from Party committees, governments, commissions for discipline inspection, organization, personnel, and auditing departments have been set up in some regions and departments, which give comprehensive guidance to the work of check-up on responsibility. Many provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities have strengthened supervision and inspection of implementation of the responsibility system for Party work-style and clean government construction, by adopting the method of conducting a selective examination of this work in major units once every six months and conducting an all-round check at the end of the year, thus effectively promoting implementation of the responsibility system for Party work-style and clean government construction.

The way of investigation and affixing responsibility is an important means for implementing the responsibility system for Party work-style and clean government construction. Many regions and departments have intensified efforts of conducting investigation and affixing responsibility, safeguarded the seriousness and authority of this system and ensured its implementation. Henan Province concentrated its attention on investigating and prosecuting typical cases which exert had influence, and strictly conducted investigation and affixing responsibility. Take the case of Xu Jianshe for example. Xu, former director of Liangyuan District Land Planning Bureau in Shangqiu City, hired someone for a murdering purpose. After the occurrence of the case, the Henan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Organization Department of the Provincial Party Committee formed an investigation group under the Provincial Party Committee which conducted conscientious investigation and seriously affixed responsibility on concerned leading cadres who were responsible for neglecting their supervisory duties while promoting Xu Jianshe, four concerned leaders of Liangyuan District were given Party and administrative disciplinary sanctions.

Relevant responsible members of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Supervision told this reporter that instituting the responsibility system for Party work-style and clean government construction is an important move and effective means for developing this work in a deep-going way. By carrying out this work, leading cadres at all levels have generally enhanced their sense of responsibility for tackling the work of Party work-style and clean government construction.