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Crackdown on extravagance to continue during holiday
Last Updated: 2014-04-22 09:01 | Xinhua
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The disciplinary watchdog of China's ruling party has promised that it will continue to curb official extravagance and other malpractices during the upcoming May Day holiday.

Xu Chuanzhi, a senior official with the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said there would be "zero tolerance" and "severe penalties" for violators in an interview posted on the commission's website.

Spending public funds on feasts and private tours, official car use infringements, gift-giving, and holding excessively extravagant wedding ceremonies or funerals are "diseases" which are prone to happen during holidays, Xu said.

The May Day holiday will run from May 1 to 3 this year.

Party committees at various levels should alert officials to discipline themselves, their families and subordinates during key holiday periods, Xu said.

In the case of serious violations, both violators and their leading officials will be held responsible, he said.

Before traditional holidays over the past year, such as the Mid-Autumn Festival, the National Day Holiday, New Year and Spring Festival, the commission issued circulars urging officials to refrain from luxurious banquets and gift-giving.

Since the implementation of the "8-point" anti-bureaucracy and formalism rules, 42,666 people had been punished nationwide by the end of March.

The rules were introduced by the central leadership in late 2012. They order Party officials to reduce pomp and ceremony, bureaucratic visits and meetings.

"Though problems of harmful work styles have reduced in their brazen form after more than one year of the campaign, they are being carried out in a more concealed way," Xu said.

Lavish feasts are now being served in dining halls, households and at rural restaurants. Some officials are frequenting more secretive private clubs and gifts are given via online payment platforms, according to Xu.

"Finding new ways to root out and effectively solve such concealed forms of violations are the difficulties we face," Xu said.  

Former Hubei governor expelled from Party

Guo Youming, former vice governor of central China's Hubei Province, has been expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) for "serious disciplinary violations."

The decision was made by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and approved by the CPC Central Committee, the CCDI announced on Tuesday.

A CCDI investigation into Guo's suspected legal and disciplinary transgressions found that he took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others, received "a huge amount" of money or gifts either by himself, his family members or other specific related persons, according to a CCDI statement.

He is "morally corrupt," the statement said.

Guo's suspected crime of taking bribes will be transferred to judicial authorities, it said.

Guo, a native of Hubei province, was born in 1956. He was elected vice governor of the province in January 2013.

CCDI reveals 142 cases

The disciplinary watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on Monday said that 142 cases relating to breaches of the eight-point anti-bureaucracy and formalism guidelines were reported from April 14 to 18.

A total of 139 cases were revealed by anti-graft watchdogs in 24 provincial-level regions.

The other three cases were disclosed in China National Petroleum Corporation, the country's largest oil company, and Aluminum Corporation of China.

On April 8, the CPC's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) launched a new section on its website, inviting the public to report cases of corruption and misconduct.

Wild animal eaters might face jail time

A draft interpretation of China's Criminal Law, tabled for reading on Monday, aims to clear up ambiguities by clearly defining eating endangered wild animals, or buying them for this or other purposes, as illegal.

The bill was submitted for first reading by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, at its bimonthly session from Monday to Thursday. >> More

 

 

 

(Editor:吴菁)

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Crackdown on extravagance to continue during holiday
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