The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission notified 5 cases of wind-corruption of middle-management cadres
Hunting and rent-seeking in the stealth meal
On September 16, the National Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection publicly notified 10 typical cases of violating the eight regulations of the Central Committee. For the first time, it put together cases of serious violations of discipline and law by central management cadres and cases of violations of discipline by cadres below the department level, further demonstrating the firmness of the Party Central Committee. Unswervingly promote the determination and will to govern the party strictly in an all-round way, and release a strong signal that anyone who violates the spirit of the eight central regulations must be resolutely dealt with regardless of their position.
Among the notified cases, 5 were serious violations of discipline and law in which cadres at the central management level changed from wind to corruption, and were eventually sanctioned by the Party Discipline and State Law, and 5 were cadres at or below the department level and received party disciplinary and political sanctions for violating the spirit of the eight central regulations. , The organization’s handling of style issues is a typical example of non-convergence, non-stop, and violation of discipline.
Under the three orders and five applications of the Party Central Committee, a small number of party members, leading cadres and even high-level cadres still ignore the party rules and disciplines, unscrupulously, do not stop, do not know how to stop, the "four winds" problem is renovated, and the wind and corruption are intertwined and prohibited.
What are the manifestations of these wind-corruption problems?
Why not stop after repeated bans?
How to prevent it?
The "gift-giving style" is refurbished, giving gifts and receiving profits
Illegal collection and delivery of valuable special products and gift cash is a prominent manifestation of the problem of hedonic luxury.
The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection clearly requested that we pay close attention to the signs, tendencies, and potential problems, and seriously rectify the illegal collection and delivery of rare products and gifts in some places and units.
The discipline inspection and supervision organs implemented the spirit of the fifth plenary session of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, adhered to the strict main tone, strictly investigated the problem of illegal delivery, and continued to consolidate and expand the high-pressure situation of hitting on the spot and repeatedly hitting.
From January to July this year, a total of 9,574 cases of illegal collection and delivery of valuable special products and gifts were investigated and dealt with throughout the country, and 11,383 people were criticized, educated, helped and dealt with, of which 8,733 were punished by party discipline and government affairs.
Judging from the typical cases reported in this report, the issue of illegal receipt and delivery has gradually changed from bright to dark, and some have shifted from receiving and sending physical items to receiving and sending electronic consumer cards and housing rental fees.
For example, Zhang Jian, former party secretary and president of the Anhui Higher People’s Court, has repeatedly accepted consumer cards worth more than 308,600 yuan from private business owners; the private business owners are required to rent houses for them in high-end hotels, residential communities, etc. The payment fee was more than 171,900 yuan.
In terms of gift-giving methods, some use the form of logistics express delivery "dark warehouse."
For example, Wang Libin, the former deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the State Administration of Taxation, has twice illegally accepted gifts such as seafood and other gifts paid for by public funds from grassroots tax officials and a box of Moutai presented by private business owners. Some gifts were sent by express mail.
Throughout the violations of laws and regulations that have occurred in recent years, some do not collect money to collect jade and jade, do not send cash to send commemorative banknotes (coins), and some violate public funds to purchase famous wines, cigarettes, and tea, which are not only for personal enjoyment, but also for entertaining guests and giving gifts. ; Some have turned the valuable and special resources within their jurisdiction into tools for personal profit, to find backing for relations, and pollute the political ecology.
"Behind the illegal delivery is the'desire' of a small number of leading cadres for pleasure and extravagance, and the meticulous'encirclement and hunting' of illegal businessmen. The root cause is to achieve the purpose of power and money transactions." Song Wei analysis.
Sorting out the cases found that the issue of illegal receipt and delivery also has obvious "node" characteristics. Important festivals such as the Spring Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day are the periods of high incidence of illegal receipt and delivery.
Hao Xuexiao, assistant to the general manager of the Group Business Department of Xinhua Insurance Yunnan Branch, a subsidiary of China Investment Co., Ltd., on the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival in 2020, used express delivery to give 27 boxes of moon cakes with a total value of 3780 yuan. The moon cakes are in the name of departmental hospitality. Unit reimbursement.
In addition, it is also not uncommon for children to receive gifts and money on occasions such as children’s education, weddings and funerals, birthdays and banquets.
Wang Zhenping, the former secretary of the Party Committee of Yongchun Town, Chaoyang District, Changchun City, Jilin Province, took advantage of his mother’s funeral, the patient’s illness and hospitalization, and the wedding of his daughter.
"Some party members and cadres engage in the collection and delivery of gifts and money in the name of courtesy, mainly to lay the foundation and pave the way for the formation of interest relationships or even the exchange of interests, and to engage in power rent-seeking in the'welcome and send'." Song Wei analyzed.
"Eat Drink Wind" puts on the invisibility cloak, the meal is not eating but in the "game"
The problem of illegal eating and drinking is the main manifestation of hedonic luxury.
In recent years, the discipline inspection and supervision organs have focused on specific problems such as a meal, a glass of wine, perseverance, dripping water and stone, and illegal eating and drinking problems have been effectively curbed.
From January to July this year, a total of 5,419 cases of illegal eating and drinking were investigated and dealt with, and 8,232 people were criticized, educated, helped and dealt with, of which 5,744 were punished by party discipline and government affairs.
Judging from the reported cases, in order to evade supervision and monitoring, some party members and cadres have constantly changed their faces, "openly not eating in secret", using various names to falsely spend public funds to satisfy their own appetites.
The Natural Resources Bureau of Hengyang County, Hunan Province exceeded the standard official reception by filling in "blank official letters", replacing the original menu, and inflating the number of receptions, with a total cost of more than 119,000 yuan.
Some shifted positions, unit canteens, training centers, high-end communities, farmhouses, etc. have become "new battlefields."
Zhang Jian has been in and out of private clubs many times, accepting banquets from private business owners that may affect the fair execution of official duties.
Others pass on food and drink expenses and let subordinate units pay for it.
From June 2015 to February 2021, Huang Zhenfu, the former party branch secretary and chairman of Sichuan Tangjiahe Tourism Development Co., Ltd., required the canteen chefs of the subordinate management units to "open a small stove" for his personal "small stoves" to prepare lunches separately, and the subordinate units pay for it.
Another manifestation of eating and drinking illegally is "don't eat public funds and eat the boss."
Some tacitly accepted a banquet from private business owners, some blatantly reached out to "beg", and some even regarded private business owners as a long-term "meal ticket."
At the end of January 2018, Pu Bo, the former party member and vice governor of the Guizhou Provincial Government, had just been promoted to the vice governor of Guizhou Province by the secretary of the Deyang Municipal Party Committee of Sichuan Province. He accepted a banquet arranged by a private business owner to celebrate his promotion at a hotel in Chengdu.
In early April of the same year, a number of leading cadres from Sichuan Province had a dinner at a restaurant in Chengdu to celebrate their promotion. The cost was paid by private business owners.
After sorting out, it was found that the problem of illegal eating and drinking still existed in violation of discipline by superiors and subordinates "grouping".
Zhang Lihao, former deputy director of the Highway Management Bureau of Shanghai Pudong New Area, Zhang Liang, chief of the bridge and elevated road management section, and Ma Honghui, chief of the road administration management section, accepted the banquet from the management and service targets in violation of the regulations. The total meal cost was more than 15,000 yuan and all were paid by the other party. .
“Eating and drinking in violation of regulations is on the surface to satisfy appetite and vanity, but in essence it is to blend interests through eating and drinking, and to commit corruption.” Zhuang Deshui, deputy director of the Center for Integrity Construction and Research of Peking University, believes that repeated bans and stubbornness are repeated. Behind the "fan" is the "bureau" at work.
"The intention of these dinners is to'encircle and hunt' cadres, power rent-seeking, and create circles. The root cause is the indifference of party members and cadres, the lack of ideals and beliefs, and the loose sense of discipline."
Wind and rot are intertwined with the same root, and the "four winds" have become a breeding ground for corruption
At the Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the beginning of this year, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized that corruption is intertwined with unhealthy practices, and the "four winds" have become a breeding ground for corruption.
To sort out the process of corruption and degeneration of many sacked party members and cadres, they often start with failing to observe the rules and eating, drinking and having fun in violation of the rules.
"Corruption problems often evolve from the style of accepting a meal, a cigarette, a bottle of wine, a card, etc., and there is often a shadow of power and money trading behind it." Guo Jianjun, director of the supervisory office, analyzed that from the beginning of his infatuation, he called his brothers and brothers to build a "circle", and later shook hands with businessmen and was indiscriminately separated. Some party members and leading cadres were among them and slipped step by step into the abyss of illegal crimes.
"Unhealthy trends provide the soil for the breeding and development of corruption." said Wang Xue, secretary of the Disciplinary Committee of the State Grid Jibei Electric Power Co., Ltd., style issues and corruption issues go hand in hand. Significantly.
The five cases of central management cadres reported this time are all serious violations of discipline and law involving wind and corruption.
Hu Huaibang, former party secretary and chairman of the China Development Bank, in addition to entering and leaving private clubs in violation of regulations and paying by others to pay the expenses that should be paid by individuals, he also used the convenience of his position to help related enterprises and individuals in obtaining bank loans, business operations, and positions. Provide assistance in matters such as promotion, illegal receipt of huge amounts of property and other serious violations of discipline and law.
The reporter noticed that some corruption issues are still intertwined with formalism and bureaucracy.
"For example, in some places, huge amounts of money are spent on urban and rural construction. It looks like a beautiful "image project" and "achievement project", but in fact it is a "corruption project." Deeply studying it, there are often political and business collusion, power and money. The dirt of the transaction.” said Yin Hongyun, director of the case trial office of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Qujing City, Yunnan Province.
"Behind the'four winds' and corruption problems are often privileged ideas. Some leading cadres take pride in'officials' and do not regard themselves as public servants. They take for granted the reception of banquets and tourism from private business owners, and demand everywhere in work and life. Different from others." Zhuang Deshui said, every party member and cadre must keep in mind that degeneration often starts with eating, drinking and having fun, insisting on strengthening the cultivation of small things, improving quality from bit by bit, strictly observing the rules, and not exceeding the bottom line. , To always maintain the political qualities of Communists who refuse to corrode and never touch.
Persevere in rectifying the "four winds" to prevent wind rot from spreading and becoming a trend
To strictly prevent party members and cadres from degenerating and degenerating from wind and corruption, it is necessary to consolidate and expand the implementation of the eight spiritual achievements of the central government, fight against bad habits and laxity, to insist on outcropping, not to yield, and to persevere in correcting the "four winds" to prevent wind and corruption. The problem has grown and spread, and it has become a trend, holding the first barrier to corruption.
Disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies at all levels accurately grasp the situation, changes and characteristics of the "four winds" problem, grasp the key points, and accurately implement the management, and never let the "four winds" problem rebound.
Make good use of the important methodology to strengthen the construction of style, pay close attention to important nodes such as the New Year holidays, keep a close eye on new trends in invisible mutations, and strengthen supervision and inspections for prominent problems such as illegal eating and drinking during the holiday season, and continue to maintain a positive attitude. discipline.
On the eve of the Mid-Autumn Festival, the Danling County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Sichuan Province, in conjunction with the County Taxation Bureau and other units, through the tax invoice query system, bus management platform, public security "Tianyan" and other platforms, carried out the pre-holiday "four winds" issues in key places and key areas. Supervise and inspect, and issue "reminder letters" to relevant units for problems found.
The invisible mutation of the "Four Winds" issue poses challenges to supervision and discipline.
Disciplinary inspection and supervision organs at all levels use comprehensive methods such as letters and visits, inspections, media reports, public reports, and big data information to solve the "difficulty found" problem.
"We must fully mobilize social supervision forces, actively mobilize the masses to participate in supervision through smooth communication and reporting channels, hiring special inspectors, village-level supervisors, etc., to improve the quality and effectiveness of supervision." Deng Lianrong, vice president of the China Institute of Integrity and Legal System, suggested.
Pay close attention to node supervision and inspection, report and expose typical cases, and carry out daily warning education reminders... In addition to these routine actions, discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels have also innovated methods and methods, and will deepen the use of cases to promote reforms and promote relevant departments to fill in the shortcomings of the system. One of the starting points to correct the "four winds".
After Zhou Jincan, the former cadre of Yuyao City Emergency Management Bureau, Zhejiang Province, received a banquet hosted by a person in charge of a security technology company in Ningbo for three consecutive years, the city’s Commission for Discipline Inspection, through the form of integrity information tables, urged the party committee of the bureau to address the integrity risks of 149 posts. We will formulate targeted prevention and control measures one by one, and formulate 49 internal control systems such as the "Work and Procedures of the Municipal Emergency Management Bureau".
"The'Four Winds' issue frequently occurs, and the relevant systems and regulations of the auditing, finance and other departments in the reimbursement of public funds, official receptions, etc. are not sound and unclear, which is a systemic reason." Said that the district Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision gave full play to its role as a "probe" for supervision. By issuing disciplinary inspection recommendations and supervision recommendations, it urged relevant functional departments to refine various rules and regulations, and simultaneously submit them to the District Commission for Discipline Inspection for the record. The Supervisory Committee conducts random inspections, and takes seriously accountability for units that fail to make rectifications, perfunctory rectifications, or false rectifications, consolidate rectification responsibilities, and form a closed-loop supervision.
The "Four Winds" issue frequently occurred, and it also exposed problems such as inadequate management of a unit or department and poor implementation of the system.
In response to this, Shanghai Jiading District established a system for the Secretary of the District Party Committee and the Secretary of the District Disciplinary Committee to interview relevant units as the “top leader” to consolidate the political responsibilities of governing the party, supervise and strengthen the work style of the cadre team, and further tighten the system cage.
"Jiading has also created and used a political supervision and evaluation system to take the invisible mutation of the'four winds' problem such as'don't eat public funds and eat the boss' as an important basis for evaluating the political ecology of the supervised unit, and rigorously rectify the invisible mutation problem of the'four winds'. "The relevant person in charge of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Jiading District said.
To grasp party style and discipline, it is necessary to establish rules and regulations so that there are rules to follow and rules to follow.
Chengdu City, Sichuan Province, formulated and promulgated measures to regulate the conduct of political-business interactions to promote the establishment of a new type of pro-clean political-business relations, and measures to accountability for behaviors that damage the business environment, and put forward 30 pragmatic measures to regulate political-business interactions to guide public officials in their interactions with enterprises , Keep the bottom line, stay within the red line, and focus on providing quality services and solving practical difficulties.
Profoundly grasp the phased characteristics of work style construction in the new era, discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels should further grasp work style issues politically, promote the work of punishing corruption and rectifying the "four styles" together, and keep pace with the times to correct the "four styles" and establish a new style. .
Problem-oriented, precise treatment and targeted correction, pay close attention to, follow up and supervise the new trends of the "four winds", see the slightest knowledge, promptly correct the tendency of bad signs, and resolutely investigate and deal with the mental problems of leading cadres in violation of the eight central regulations, and Intensively rectify the unhealthy winds that occur around the masses, make great efforts to correct the invisible variation of the "four winds", and strictly prevent wind-corruption intertwining and becoming a trend.
Reporter Lu Lihuan