2014 Key words in the fight against corruption: China Daily

BytheendofNovember,nearly40provincialorhigherlevelofficialshadbeensnaredthisyearintheongoinganti-corruptioncampaign.

Thecorruption-bustingworkwasinitiatedatthe18thNationalCongressoftheCommunistPartyofChinainNovember2012andsincethenmorethan50officialshavebeenremoved,includingoneState-levelandtwovice-Statelevelofficials.

DisciplineinspectorsacrossChinahavepunished84,000forPartydisciplineandadministrativeviolations,a30percentyearonyearincrease.

BetweenJanuaryandSeptember,27,235corruptionandbriberycasesinvolving35,633officialshavebeeninvestigated,33,025ofwhomarecountyorlowerlevelofficials.

KeywordsI:Cagingthe'BigTigers'

ZhouYongkang,aState-levelofficial,andXuCaihouandSuRong,bothvice-Stateofficials,werebroughtdown.

FormersecuritychiefZhouwasputunderinvestigationforsuspected"seriousdisciplinaryviolation"onJuly29thisyear,bytheCentralCommitteeoftheCommunistPartyofChina,inwhatcouldbeChina'sbiggestgraftcaseinhistory.

Zhou,whowasChina'sthirdmost-powerfulpolitician,servedonChina'sPolitburoStandingCommittee—thehighestdecision-makingbody,untilhisretirementinNov2012.

ThePoliticalBureauoftheCommunistPartyofChinaCentralCommitteeexpelledXu,thehighestmilitaryofficialinthepreviousChineseleadership,forcorruptiononJune30.Hehasbeentransferredtomilitaryprosecutorsforfurtherinvestigationonbriberycharges.

SuhasbeenremovedfromhispostasvicechairmanoftheChinesePeople'sPoliticalConsultativeConference(CPPCC)NationalCommittee,accordingtoadecisionmadeataCPPCCmeetingonJune25.HewasremovedfromhispostasdeputytotheNationalPeople'sCongress(NPC),thecountry'stoplegislatureonSept25.

KeywordsII:Disciplinaryinspectionstightened

TheCentralCommissionforDisciplineInspection(CCDI)oftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)willcarryoutthreeroundsofinspectionsthisyear,anincreaseonthetwolastyear.

ByendofNovember,tworoundshavebeencarriedoutwithinspectorssentto20provincialregions,municipalitiesandsixenterprises.Thisdoubledthenumberofdestinationsinspectedlastyear.

KeywordsIII:Corruption-hitregionsandentitiesappear

NorthChina'sShanxiprovincehasbeenriddledbycorruptionwithsevenprovincial-levelandministerial-levelcrookedofficialsnabbed.

Fiveseniorofficials,includingtwoformerdirectors,twoformerdeputydirectorsandoneinspectorresponsibleforpricesinthepharmaceuticalindustryfromthepricingdepartmentattheNationalDevelopmentandReformCommission,weresuspendedthisyear.BetweenMaylastyearandSeptemberthis,19officialsfromtheStateagencywereplacedunderinvestigationonsuspicionofbribery

WangLixin,headofthedisciplineandinspectiondepartmentatChinaNationalPetroleumCorp,hasbeenheldforinvestigationsincelateSeptember,accordingtoBloombergNews,whichquotedtwoofficialswhorequestedanonymitybecausetheinformationisnotpublic.Atleast45peoplerelatedtotheState-ownedcompanyhavebeeninvestigatedovergraftallegationsbetweenlastyearandthismonth,theBeijingTimesreported.

KeywordsV:Chasingthefox

Some398corruptofficialsandsuspectsineconomiccrimeswhofledthecountyhavebeencapturedin FoxHunt 2014,anoperationtohuntdownthefugitives.

TheoperationhasaimedtoblockthelastroutetorefugeforcorruptofficialsatatimewhenChina'smajorcrackdownongrafthasalreadynarrowedopportunitiesforabuseofpower.

Asia-PacificEconomicCooperation(APEC)membereconomiessignedtheBeijingDeclarationonFightingCorruption,pledgingtoeliminatecorruptionthroughextraditionandjudicialassistance,andadoptmoreflexiblemeasurestorecovertheproceedsof

corruptionwithinthelawoftheAPECeconomies.

KeywordsVI:'Nakedofficials'beinguncovered

Thecampaignagainstcorruptionisthrowingnewlightonofficialswhosendtheirwivesandchildrenabroad,wheretheycanpossiblysetupchannelsforthetransferofillicitincomeandestablishabaseshouldtheybeforcedtofleeChina.

Guangdonghasidentified2,190nakedofficialsandreassigned866whorefusedtobringtheirwivesandchildrenbacktoChina.

Guangdongcorruptionpreventionregulationdictatedthatnakedofficialsshallnottakeonimportantpositionsandwillneverbeacandidateforleadership.

KeywordsIV:Low-levelofficialsextremelycorrupt

Grassrootofficialswerefoundtobecorruptlytakingadvantageoflandappropriation,housedemolitionandresettlement,andprojectapprovalstoembezzlegovernmentfunds.

MaChaoqun,aformergeneralmanageroftheState-ownedwatercompanyinBeidaihedistrictinHebeiprovince,wasreportedtohavestashed120millionyuan($19.5million)incashand37kilogramsofgold.Healsohad68realestatedeedsathishouse.

ZhangXinhuamisappropriatednearly400millionyuan($65million)betweenJune1998andMay2013,whenhewasmanageroftheBaiyunIndustrialandAgriculturalCorporation.Heisalsosuspectedoftakingbribesof97.8millionyuanandHK$2.38million.

ChenWanshou,anaccountantinavillageintheHaidiandistrictofBeijingillegallydiverted119millionyuan($19.3million)forhispersonaluse.