China News Service, Beijing, August 10 (Reporter Zhang Weiran) Yang Xiaodu, Director of the National Supervision Commission of China, made an international anti-corruption pursuit by the National Supervisory Commission at the 21st meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress on August 10 Report on the work of recovering stolen goods. This is the first time that the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress has heard a special work report from the State Supervision Commission.
Integrity and international relations professionals interviewed by a reporter from China News Agency believe that from disclosing the number of recovered personnel and the amount of stolen money, to introducing the progress of international judicial law enforcement cooperation, from analyzing the current challenges in the pursuit of stolen stolen goods, to clarifying the next step. , The theme, format and content of this report are quite meaningful.
First of all, the special work report conveys clear connotations on multiple levels such as law and politics.
—— Promote the procedural and institutionalized acceptance of the supervision by the People’s Congress by the Supervisory Committee
The constitutional amendment passed at the first session of the 13th National People's Congress established the legal status of the Supervisory Committee as a national institution. The Supervision Law clarifies that supervisory agencies perform their duties of supervision, investigation, and disposal in accordance with the law, and stipulates that the standing committees of the people's congresses at all levels hear and review special work reports of the supervisory committees at the corresponding levels, and organize law enforcement inspections.
"This special report of the State Supervisory Committee to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress is the result of the continuous deepening of the reform of the national supervisory system. It also marks a good start for the further deepening and refinement of the special work reporting mechanism in the future. This is also an important political announcement. As a national supervision agency that supervises the exercise of public power, it must actively accept supervision from all aspects." said Guo Yong, special supervisor of the State Supervision Commission and director of the Center for Integrity and Governance Research of Tsinghua University, Tsinghua University.
—— Make a "demonstration" for local supervisory committees at all levels to accept supervision.
It is reported that after reporting the special work to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the National Supervisory Commission will advance the local supervisory committee to report the special work to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress from top to bottom in an orderly manner.
Guo Yong believes that how local supervisory committees at all levels accept the supervision of the people's congress and its standing committee at the corresponding level is still a proposition that needs to be continuously explored and improved. Some provinces already have some ideas for work, but a "correct demonstration" from the national level is also very necessary. While this report is a “demonstration” for accepting the supervision of the National People’s Congress, it is also a signal to discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels, that is, to continuously improve its own power operation mechanism and management supervision and control system to ensure that power is not abused and punish evil. The sword of good will never cover the dust.
—— Let the work of tracing and recovering stolen goods accept more extensive supervision.
From the point of view of the theme, the title of the first special work report of the State Supervision Commission was determined to be "Report on the International Anti-corruption Work to Pursue Fleeing and Recovering Procurement". Guo Xiaomei, special inspector of the State Supervision Commission and deputy director of the Department of Treaty and Law of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, believes that the implementation of international anti-corruption pursuits is an important responsibility of the State Supervisory Committee. It belongs to the scope of supervision of the National People's Congress. The content of the work report meets public expectations.
"Through making a special report to allow the tracing and recovery of stolen goods to accept more extensive supervision, in the long run, it will help promote the high-quality development of the work of tracing and stolen goods.
When it comes to the content of the report itself, interviewees think it also reveals a lot of deep meaning. For example, the report highlights the awareness of the problem of pursuing escaped and stolen goods in the "deep water area."
From 2014 to June 2020, China recovered 7,831 escaped persons from more than 120 countries and regions, and recovered 19.654 billion yuan in stolen money. Since the establishment of the State Supervision Commission, the number of people recovered and the amount of stolen goods recovered have increased significantly year-on-year. China has initially established an anti-corruption law enforcement cooperation network covering all continents and key countries.
While listing the above results, the report came up with a "question list", with outspoken language. For example, the report pointed out that China’s fleeing corrupt elements are mainly concentrated in Western developed countries, and some Western countries are economically coveting criminals’ "dark money" and provide them with political asylum. Some Western countries have political prejudices against China, pursue double standards, disagree with China's judicial system, and use various reasons to obstruct China's requests for extradition or criminal judicial assistance, and even prevent people who fled from returning to China to surrender.
For another example, the report stated that the existing recovery mechanism cannot meet the needs of the work, and the means and channels are limited. The problems of difficulty in finding, freezing, and recovering foreign illicit funds are prominent.
"While great achievements have been made in the pursuit of fleeing and stolen goods, there has always been resistance. Whether it is the political prejudice of Western countries against China or the difficulty in recovering stolen money abroad, it is a'hard bone'. Accurate analysis of problems is always the solution. Prerequisite." said Qi Zhenhong, special inspector of the State Supervision Commission and president of the China Academy of International Studies.
On the basis of analyzing the problems, this report also focuses on dealing with difficult problems with an "international perspective."
For example, the report discloses that in the next step, the State Supervision Commission will negotiate with more countries to approve extradition treaties and criminal judicial assistance treaties, and continue to improve the legal system of escape and recovery treaties. The report emphasizes the need to keep abreast of the latest developments in anti-corruption laws in key countries; implement policies and classify attacks based on the country to improve the ability to fight legal warfare. Establish foreign-related legal consulting service agencies and explore the establishment of a team of public lawyers who can organize foreign-related legal struggles.
Guo Yong believes that the epidemic is accelerating the change in the global landscape, and individual countries have reduced their willingness to cooperate and even frequently implemented "long-arm jurisdiction". These factors have put new pressure on the pursuit of escaped stolen goods. Negotiating and signing criminal judicial assistance treaties with more countries through bilateral channels, and advancing refined judicial cooperation based on the national conditions of different countries, should obviously be the next step.
"As a job going abroad, the pursuit of fleeing and recovering stolen goods cannot be separated from the support of other countries, and China’s understanding of the systems and legal systems of other countries is also inseparable. Have an international perspective, be good at finding breakthroughs, and build a team of professionals with first-class capabilities and covering multiple fields." Guo Xiaomei said. (Finish)