Increase the intensity of punishment, promote the reform of institutions and mechanisms... The special rectification of corruption in the field of grain purchase and sales has continued to deepen
Cures rely on grain to eat
Reporter Han Yadong
A special rectification campaign to promote advantages and eliminate disadvantages in the field of grain purchase and sales is continuing to deepen.
On April 4, Shaanxi reported seven typical cases in the field of grain purchase and sales; On April 13, Anhui reported eight violations of discipline and law in the field of grain purchase and sales; On April 7, Wu Qingchun, a former department-level cadre of the Guizhou Provincial Food and Material Reserve Bureau, was announced to be under review and investigation; On March 4, Li Xi'an, former director of the Xi'an Food Bureau, who had fled for less than two months, was arrested...
Since the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission issued the "Opinions on Deepening the Special Rectification Work on Corruption in the Field of Grain Purchase and Marketing" at the beginning of this year, discipline inspection commissions and supervision commissions at all levels have strengthened work arrangements, intensified punishment, promoted reform and governance with cases, and achieved new results in promoting systematic and long-term governance.
Take case investigation as a breakthrough point to promote the formation of a deterrent of "punishment" and continue to release a signal of strictness
On January 1, the first working day after New Year's Day, Jiang Ruyi, cashier of Wenzhou Lefeng Grain and Oil Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Province, voluntarily surrendered to the Yueqing Municipal Supervision Commission. From 3 to 2016, Jiang Ruyi took advantage of her control of the company's account to embezzle 2022.1522 million yuan of public funds. After the special rectification project was launched, the constantly refreshing case reports made her uneasy; At the end of last year, after visiting the province's special rectification work exhibition, Jiang Ruyi felt that "she really couldn't stay up" and took the initiative to surrender in the company of her family.
Food security is an important foundation for national security, and grain purchase and sales are the key links to ensure food security. The CPC Central Committee has repeatedly issued important instructions on eradicating systemic corruption in the field of grain purchase and marketing. In August 2021, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission deployed a nationwide special rectification of corruption in the field of grain purchase and sales, and the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work deployed provincial, municipal and county levels to carry out special inspections and inspections related to grain. The State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has established a special coordination group for rectification work with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, the State Administration for Market Regulation and the State Administration of Grain and Material Reserves. A clean-up of problems facing reality has been rapidly launched in the field of grain purchase and sales.
Ji Chaojun, former chairman and general manager of Anhui Bozhou First Grain Purchase and Sales Co., Ltd. When he learned that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission wanted to punish corruption in the field of grain purchase and sales, he sat at his desk for an entire afternoon, feeling that he might not be able to "pass the test." Later, before accepting the organization's talk, he said to his family ruefully: "I won't be able to come back this time." ”
After the special rectification project was launched, a group of problem cadres like Ji Chaojun were seriously dealt with. In October 2021, Hu Dongsheng, former secretary of the party group and director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Grain Bureau, was examined and investigated, becoming the first provincial grain bureau director to be investigated; In December 10, Zhang Fuli, former secretary of the party committee and chairman of Hulunbuir Agricultural Reclamation Group in Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was examined and investigated, becoming the first chairman of the grain group to be investigated; In January 2021, Xu Baoyi, former member of the leading party group and deputy general manager of China Grain Reserve Management Group Co., Ltd., was examined and investigated, becoming the first central management cadre to be investigated and punished in the grain field...
Focusing on key links such as "people, responsibilities, grain, and depots", discipline inspection and supervision organs organized and carried out "dragnet" self-inspection and self-correction, covering all state-owned grain depots (stations and institutes), and concentrated on correcting a number of prominent problems; A large number of "giant rats" and "silverfish" in grain warehouses were seriously investigated and dealt with, including Xu Baoyi, former secretary of the leading party group and director of the State Food and Material Reserve Bureau, two central management cadres, and more than 2 departmental and bureau-level cadres.
In January 2023, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection publicly reported 1 typical cases of violations of discipline and law in the field of grain purchase and sales, forming a strict momentum and atmosphere in the whole society. After the issuance of the "Opinions on Deepening the Special Rectification of Corruption in the Field of Grain Purchase and Marketing", Xin Minchao, member of the leading party group of the Heilongjiang Provincial Development and Reform Commission, secretary of the leading party group and director of the Provincial Food and Material Reserve Bureau, Sun Fuxing, deputy secretary of the party committee, vice chairman and general manager of Zhengzhou Grain Wholesale Market Co., Ltd., Tao Xiaofeng, assistant general manager of Jiangsu Grain Group Co., Ltd. and general manager of Provincial Grain Reserve Management Co., Ltd., Cao Jingzhu, secretary of the general party branch and chairman of Tianjin Gusheng Construction and Development Group Co., Ltd. Liu Qixiang, former secretary of the party committee and director of the Handan Directly Subordinate Warehouse Company of China Grains Reserve, and a number of other leading cadres were investigated and dealt with.
In order to continuously increase the intensity of case investigation, discipline inspection and supervision organs carry out listing supervision and handling of major and difficult problems, serious nature and circumstances, bad social impact, and strong public resentment of problem clues and ongoing cases, and when necessary, upgrade them to higher levels; In areas where case-handling forces are weak and work is not advancing effectively, employ methods such as sending personnel to participate in the handling of guidance, hearing situation reports, and circulating and urging the handling of supervision to coordinate and resolve difficulties in case handling and promote the development of work. In February this year, after learning that Xin Minchao's case had been filed and taking liuzhi measures, the Fourth Supervision and Inspection Office of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection immediately contacted the Heilongjiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to understand the situation of the case, drafted and submitted a request for listing supervision and handling, and after the approval of the leaders, issued a letter of supervision and distribution to the Heilongjiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, requiring the supervised units to regularly report the progress, report major situations in a timely manner, and grasp the clues of supervision problems and the progress of the case in real time.
Coordinate the use of daily supervision, inspection and inspection, special rectification, case investigation and other methods to carry out regular supervision, and strictly investigate new food-related corruption problems such as "national skin and people's bones", "shadow shareholders", and related party transactions
In the face of the inspection group of the provincial party committee, Wu Chaohui, the former person in charge of the Jiangsu Danyang Grain Reserve Co., Ltd., who thought that he was hiding the method of "relying on grain to eat grain", still held the old thinking, "I want to find fewer problems and want to get away with it." In order to cope with the supervision and inspection, Wu Chaohui once arranged for the staff of the grain depot to bury an aluminum cylinder with a diameter of 30 to 40 cm and a depth of about 80 cm in a fixed sample point in advance, and guided the inspectors of the higher departments to conduct random inspections at designated locations.
In October 2021, the Seventh Inspection Group of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee carried out a special inspection of grain-related issues in Danyang City. When inspecting the Danyang grain storage, Wu Chaohui was secretive and untruthful to the inspection group's questions, violated the regulations to find out the employees who were inspected and talked to understand the situation, and after learning that the inspection group measured the storage capacity of the reserve grain warehouse, arranged for the employees to transport grain for two consecutive nights to replenish the warehouse... As everyone knows, his tricks have long been exposed.
The inspection team further found that Danyang Xianghe Grain Co., Ltd. and Danyang Grain Storage had frequent transactions. By collecting the former's industrial and commercial registration information, it was found out that it was opened by Wu Chaohui's wife Wang Moumou. After checking the transactions between the two, a strange loan surfaced: in May 2021, Xianghe applied for a loan from a bank under a grain purchase and sales contract with Danyang Grain Reserve. The bank paid 5 million yuan under the loan to Danyang Grain Reserve, and on the same day, Danyang Grain Reserve issued a bill of exchange of 1000 million yuan from another bank account, which eventually flowed into multiple accounts controlled by Wang after a complex flow of funds.
These anomalies aroused the great attention of the inspection team, and handed them over to the Danyang Discipline Inspection Commission as clues to the Danyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision. In November 2021, Wu Chaohui was placed on file for review and investigation. After investigation, Wu Chaohui invested and established the Xianghe Company in the name of his wife, and its business scope includes grain sales and acquisition, which is closely related to the scope of its authority. Xianghe Company needed funds, so Danyang Grain Storage cooperated with the fictitious grain purchase and sales business, and used this as an excuse to defraud the bank; Xianghe needed to buy and sell rice, so it arranged for the funds and manpower of Danyang grain storage to help buy and sell, and defrauded the state rice subsidy from it. Wu Chaohui also set up a "small treasury" for individuals to withdraw at will, embezzle public property, and embezzle public funds for profit-making activities, and he was "double-opened" and prosecuted.
"Judging from the investigation and handling of cases, the problem of corruption in the food-related field has shown the characteristics of concealed means of crime, personnel corruption in the den, and diversification of crime points. However, no matter how deep the corruption routine will leave traces, the key is whether there is a strong and keen sense of handling cases, good at discovering hidden corruption problems from behind abnormal phenomena, keeping an eye on them, and conducting in-depth verification. Shu Jianhui, director of the first review and investigation office of the Danyang Discipline Inspection Commission, said.
"Some camouflage tactics can make it harder to review investigations, but seizing the interests of food system power can reveal clues." Relevant responsible comrades of the 12th Review and Investigation Office of the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said that it is necessary to carry out regular supervision by means of routine supervision, inspection and inspection, special rectification, and case investigation, and strictly investigate new types of food-related corruption problems such as "national skins and people's bones," "shadow shareholders," and related party transactions.
In order to hide the sky and cross the sea, Zhang Dongsheng, former deputy general manager of the Guangxi branch of China Grains Reserve Group Corporation, established the company in the name of another person to undertake the illegal profit of warehousing and acquisition business in the system. After careful combing, the task force found that its power interests were concentrated in bulk grain truck services and warehousing and acquisition business, and after auditing the financial information of relevant companies, it was quickly verified: Zhang Dongsheng used his position to provide bulk grain truck services for relatives and friends at a rate significantly lower than the market price, and made profits for relatives and friends; Obtain benefits from contracting the warehousing acquisition business of the company he works for to a company that he actually controls. Zhang Dongsheng was "double-opened" and prosecuted.
Supervise and urge the speedy formulation of supporting special reform opinions or plans to solve deep-seated institutional and mechanism problems
"Xu Linjun took advantage of his position to embezzle more than 138.4 million yuan of public funds by falsely reporting the amount of grain entered into the warehouse and privately selling state-owned policy grain..." On April 12, the Anhui Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision reported the embezzlement case of Xu Linjun, former legal representative of Lu'an Huoqiu County Linshui Grain and Oil Purchase and Sales Co., Ltd.
Xu Linjun falsely reported the number of grain purchases, exploiting the loophole that the policy-based grain purchase "one-card" system had just begun to use. When the grain was purchased in the autumn of 2016, Xu Linjun took advantage of the fact that only he could operate the "one-card" system, and used false purchases and false purchase invoices to collect grain payments. According to the purchase procedure, after weighing the grain truck, the grain truck should first go to the warehouse to unload the grain, and then go to the "one-card" to weigh the empty truck tare weight, enter the information into the system and settle the payment, but the grain seller instructed by Xu Linjun directly pulled the grain outside the warehouse to sell or unload, and then drove to the "one-card" to weigh the empty truck tare weight and settle the grain payment. After the grain money was credited to the above-mentioned grain seller's bank card, it directly offset Xu Linjun's previous arrears. In October 2016, Xu Linjun falsely declared that he had purchased more than 10 tons of rice and received more than 40,10 yuan.
What should I do if the grain is falsely reported into the warehouse, and the storage amount is insufficient? Xu Linjun asked the workers to spread the rice husks and other mats on the warehouse floor high and thick, and then loosen the grain surface before the superior came to check, pulled the grain by the wall to the middle, and at the same time inserted the skewer measuring the height of the grain diagonally, so that the height of the grain pile could be increased. Fluke access further fuels their greed. In 2018 and 2019, Xu Linjun falsely declared more than 90 tons and 70 tons of rice purchased by changing license plates and repeating weighing, respectively, and the money was used to repay arrears and squander consumption.
"In the early days of the use of the 'all-in-one card' system, due to the unfamiliar operators, insufficient staff, and irregular acquisition process, there was an opportunity for those with ulterior motives to exploit loopholes." Cai Shiguang, director of the Huoqiu County Food and Material Reserve Center, introduced that after the case, the local system management was strict, requiring the operators of each warehouse to be proficient in the operation of the "one-card" system; The operating system must be equipped with more than 5 people, each performing its own duties, and mutually restricting and supervising; When the same vehicle comes to sell grain, it is necessary to strictly review, pay close attention to the quantity, sales personnel, etc., to prevent similar problems.
The case shows that the occurrence of corruption in the food-related field is due to the lack of supervision and the problem of the management system and mechanism. We must continue to promote the reform of the supervision system and mechanism for grain reserves and purchase and sales, tighten the responsibilities of all parties, and vigorously promote the construction of smart grain banks.
In order to deepen the reform of the regulatory system and mechanism, the relevant competent regulatory departments are stepping up the formulation of supporting special reform opinions or plans such as strengthening policy-based food supervision and inspection, strengthening warehouse construction and standardized management, innovating daily supervision, and regular inspections, so as to truly solve some deep-seated institutional problems.
In March this year, the State Food and Material Reserve Administration reported 3 typical cases of food-related violations and violations investigated and dealt with in 2022, and deployed the "Year of Action for Strong Supervision and Strict Law Enforcement and Heavy Punishment" and "Warning Education Month with Cases as Learning" activities throughout the system, releasing a strong signal of strong supervision and strict law enforcement.
In terms of the construction of smart grain depots, the State Grain and Material Reserve Administration has upgraded the original management platform, 30 provinces have established provincial-level management platforms and realized basic supervision functions, and China Grain Reserve Group has continued to upgrade and improve the central grain reserve management platform. In the next step, relevant ministries and commissions of the state will strictly implement the "Guiding Opinions on Accelerating the Construction of Supervision Informatization in the Field of Grain Purchase and Marketing", and strive to build a digital supervision system covering central and local policy grain as soon as possible.
Strengthen coordination and linkage, and adhere to the strict keynote and strict measures and strict atmosphere for a long time
In March this year, the Discipline Inspection Commission of Quanzhou County, Guilin, Guangxi, conducted a review and investigation of Xiao, the former manager of Phoenix Grain and Oil Purchase and Sales Co., Ltd. In the course of carrying out a thorough "review" of the clues on grain-related issues, the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Committee of the county discovered that Xiao had arranged for the company's custodian to issue false grain sales statements from local farmers, paid the rice money due to the farmers to grain merchants Tang and Jiang, knowing that Tang had sold nearly 3,2000 tons of rice purchased from other places as local grain and bought them, facilitating his fraudulent grain sales subsidies, resulting in a loss of state grain sales subsidy funds. At present, the case is under verification.
This is an example of deepening the special rectification. According to a relevant responsible comrade of the Fourth Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, in the early stage, through self-examination and self-correction, investigation and handling of cases, and inspection and inspection, conspicuous problems and hidden risks in the field of grain purchase and sales were effectively revealed, and the unhealthy tendencies in this field were basically stopped from the surface. It is necessary to implement the requirements of the "Opinions on Deepening the Special Rectification Work on Corruption in the Field of Grain Purchase and Marketing," continue to pay close attention to the special rectification work, and persist in a strict keynote and strict measures for a long time.
In the field of grain purchase and sales, there are many problems, long lines, wide areas, and difficult supervision, and promoting all kinds of supervisory forces to form a fist will help form a joint force in work. In the course of investigating and handling Zhang Dongsheng's case, the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision discovered that enterprises actually controlled by Zhang Dongsheng's relatives had used false reporting of policy-based grain collection and storage quantities, fictitious grain stocks, and other fraudulent means to obtain and defraud the state grain purchase funds. The Fourth Supervision and Inspection Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission consulted with the Ministry of Public Security to designate the public security organs of Shanxi Province to conduct investigations in accordance with the law. Under the overall coordination of the Economic Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the public security organs in Shanxi and Liaoning worked together to successfully detect the contract fraud case and comprehensively investigate the criminal facts of defrauding the national policy grain special fee subsidy.
In order to further strengthen coordination and linkage with public security and judicial organs, the Fourth Supervision and Inspection Office of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection recently visited the Second Criminal Trial Division of the Supreme People's Court, the Third Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and the Economic Crime Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, forming a consensus on strengthening communication and liaison, strengthening work connection, and coordinating to promote system governance.
According to the arrangement, all parties will meet regularly or according to the needs of the work to report on the work situation, study and solve major difficult problems, coordinate and promote joint actions, and put forward work arrangements or suggestions; Share information and work collaboratively. Relevant law enforcement and judicial departments plan to include grain purchase and sales in the key content of their own departments and lines' business work, severely punish food-related corruption cases, and severely crack down on food-related crimes. All parties will coordinate to carry out research on the characteristics of food-related violations and crimes in combination with typical cases handled by their respective business lines, analyze the deep-seated causes, find management loopholes and institutional deficiencies, and promote source governance; Strengthen warning education through editing warning records, producing warning films, organizing observation of court hearings, and publicly reporting typical cases.
This is another new set of "combined fists" played after self-examination and self-correction, case investigation and handling, system construction, smart grain depot, and normalized supervision, reflecting the continuous deepening of special rectification.