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BEIJING, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A total of 518,484 members of the
Communist Party of China (CPC) were punished according to Party
disciplines from December 2002 to June 2007, says a report of the
Party's discipline watchdog released here Friday.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) of the CPC
on Friday published the full text of its report submitted to the
17th CPC National Congress, which closed on Oct. 21.
Summing up the CCDI's work in the past five years since November
2002 when the 16th CPC Central Committee was formed, the report says
that the CCDI has made major progress in "digging out big graft
cases, improving supervision system, curbing commercial bribery and
correcting malpractice harming the interests of the people" under
the principle of curbing corruption by both punitive and preventive
measures.
From December 2002 to June 2007, the CPC's disciplinary organs
across the country registered 677,924 cases and settled 679,846 ones
including those registered before 2002, the report says.
In the past five years, the CPC has also disciplined several senior
officials including former Shanghai Party head Chen Liangyu, former
deputy secretary of the CPC Shandong Provincial Committee Du
Shicheng, and former head of the State Food and Drug Administration
Zheng Xiaoyu.
Zheng was sentenced to death by a court after being found guilty of
taking 6.49 million yuan (850,000 U.S. dollars) in bribes and
dereliction of duty in May this year and executed two months later.
The officials were caught abusing their power for their own profit
and some had colluded with crooked businessmen and gangsters, the
report says.
The CCDI has launched several initiatives against offences including
taking bribery such as cash, securities and vouchers, indulging
spouses, children and close staff with bribery and gambling, the
report says.
Based on complaints from citizens, the discipline organs targeted
the education administration and medical service for overcharging,
as well as malpractice in land use, relocation projects,
restructuring of state-owned enterprises, environmental protection
and management of social security funds.
Several key measures were adopted to tighten the supervision on
officials, the report says.
The regulation on inner-Party supervision was issued and the code on
Party discipline was amended while the CCDI sent its inspectors
across the country to find out the problems.
The CCDI also worked closely with other departments to close the
loopholes in policies of administrative approval, fiscal management,
promotion of officials, the judicial system, public bidding and
government purchasing.
"But corruption occurs frequently in some departments and regions. A
few senior officials involved in corruption scandals have left a
very bad impression. A small proportion of officials are caught by
bureaucracy and indulge themselves with luxury and entertainment,"
the report says.
Some anti-corruption rules and laws are not well implemented and the
discipline organs are not well prepared for new types of graft,
according to the report.
A regulation issued by the CCDI in May listed "new forms of bribery"
such as taking stocks and shares as gifts, buying houses or cars at
ridiculously low prices from those who ask them for favors,
laundering bribes by gambling and asking bribers to arrange jobs
after retirement and seeking profits through "specially-related
persons", referring to close family members, relatives, lovers and
people sharing joint interests.
The report said the investigations into corruption cases serve as
significant measures of punishment, as well as important conditions
for corruption prevention.
"We should establish effective long-term systems of anti-corruption
education and supervision over administrative power," read the
report.
The report advocated democracy and supervision as powerful weapons
against corruption. "We should increase inner-Party democracy and
inner-Party supervision to promote democracy and supervision at all
aspects," said the report.
It's a good way to fight against corruption through enhancing the
transparency of Party affairs and making Party members better
participate in Party affairs to ensure their rights.
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