2017年CRI More efforts to target new trends in corruption

 

Over the past year, the Chinese authorities have tried over 40 former officials at provincial¹ level or above, handing out sentences to 35 of them.

Meanwhile, nearly 1,000 cases of corruption³ or malpractice by party or government officials were exposed by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection⁴.

And just ahead of the new year, the CPC leadership vowed⁵ to continue to reduce existing corruption while containing any rise in malpractice.

Xin Ming with the Party School of the CPC says, after four years of cracking down on the so called 'Tigers and Flies' - powerful leaders and lowly bureaucrats⁶ - the ruling party now faces new challenges.

"This year, efforts will be made to address new trends in corruption. Measures will be taken to prevent small violations⁷ from becoming severe crimes. Generally speaking, we may not find as many corrupt² tigers as we did in past years, but it doesn't mean we give less emphasis to it. It's indeed that our anti-corruption move has paid off - an outcome that everyone can see."

China has been stepping up its anti-corruption efforts since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012. While cracking down on corrupt officials at both senior and grassroots levels, it sets great store by establishing stricter and complete systems to enshrine powers within a cage of regulations.

Last year, more than 50 intra-party laws were either released or revised, including the 'norms of the Party political life under new circumstances', and 'a regulation on intra-Party supervision⁸'.

Xin Ming says efforts in this regard should continue to be strengthened this year.

"More attention will be paid to improving intra-party laws in terms of party organization, leadership, self-construction and supervision to further tighten⁹ the net of justice. Certainly, the institutional construction must be conducted in a scientific manner to ensure different regulations can coordinate¹⁰ well."

Meanwhile, a pilot program reforming China's supervisory system is currently underway in Beijing, Shanxi and Zhejiang, aiming to strengthen the crackdown on graft¹¹.

Ren Miaoqing with the party's discipline agency says progress is in sight.

"In the next step, under the guidance of the top legislature, we will complete establishing supervisory commissions at provincial, municipal and county levels in the pilot regions and integrate the anti-corruption arms of different government departments in the middle of the year. We will also join hands with the National People's Congress to establish a national law of supervision to institutionalize our reform outcomes."

The Communist Party of China has been trying to build an environment where officials dare not, will not and cannot be corrupt.

But many experts also suggest sound implementation¹² of its regulations and reform outcomes should always be what the party emphasizes most.

For CRI, this is Guan Chao.

1 provincial   

adj.省的，地方的；n．外省人，乡下人

参考例句：

• City dwellers think country folk have provincial attitudes.城里人以为乡下人思想迂腐。
• Two leading cadres came down from the provincial capital yesterday.昨天从省里下来了两位领导干部。

2 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

4 inspection   

n.检查，审查，检阅

参考例句：

• On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
• The soldiers lined up for their daily inspection by their officers.士兵们列队接受军官的日常检阅。

5 vowed   

起誓，发誓（vow的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• He vowed quite solemnly that he would carry out his promise. 他非常庄严地发誓要实现他的诺言。
• I vowed to do more of the cooking myself. 我发誓自己要多动手做饭。

6 bureaucrats   

n.官僚( bureaucrat的名词复数 )；官僚主义；官僚主义者；官僚语言

参考例句：

• That is the fate of the bureaucrats, not the inspiration of statesmen. 那是官僚主义者的命运，而不是政治家的灵感。 来自辞典例句
• Big business and dozens of anonymous bureaucrats have as much power as Japan's top elected leaders. 大企业和许多不知名的官僚同日本选举出来的最高层领导者们的权力一样大。 来自辞典例句

7 violations   

违反( violation的名词复数 )； 冒犯； 违反（行为、事例）； 强奸

参考例句：

• This is one of the commonest traffic violations. 这是常见的违反交通规则之例。
• These violations of the code must cease forthwith. 这些违犯法规的行为必须立即停止。

8 supervision   

n.监督，管理

参考例句：

• The work was done under my supervision.这项工作是在我的监督之下完成的。
• The old man's will was executed under the personal supervision of the lawyer.老人的遗嘱是在律师的亲自监督下执行的。

9 tighten   

v.(使)变紧；(使)绷紧

参考例句：

• Turn the screw to the right to tighten it.向右转动螺钉把它拧紧。
• Some countries tighten monetary policy to avoid inflation.一些国家实行紧缩银根的货币政策，以避免通货膨胀。

10 coordinate   

adj.同等的，协调的；n.同等者；vt.协作，协调

参考例句：

• You must coordinate what you said with what you did.你必须使你的言行一致。
• Maybe we can coordinate the relation of them.或许我们可以调和他们之间的关系。

11 graft   

n.移植，嫁接，艰苦工作，贪污；v.移植，嫁接

参考例句：

• I am having a skin graft on my arm soon.我马上就要接受手臂的皮肤移植手术。
• The minister became rich through graft.这位部长透过贪污受贿致富。

12 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。