Hunan's special crackdown on leading cadres using their power or influence to make profits for relatives and friends
Cut off the chain of corruption for seeking power for personal gain
Reporter Liao Yuanzhe
It's clearing up after the snow, and we walk into the newly built Shuizhuhu School in Zhuzhou City, Hunan Province. The teaching building has a completely new look. The school will be completed in the second half of 2023, with a total investment reduction of more than 50%. It is the first successful case in Zhuzhou City to implement the reasonable and low-price bidding method for government-invested construction projects and implement full-cycle management. It is also a key project of the city's Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee. Integrity project.
"We insist on treating both the symptoms and root causes of the problem and implement systematic treatment, and use the reasonable and low-price bidding method to significantly reduce the falsely high profits of the project, thereby compressing the space for secret operations, reducing the soil and conditions for the breeding of corruption from the source, and effectively preventing the corruption of leading cadres. Relatives and friends are "playing signs" and "carrying baskets" and other problems have occurred." Relevant comrades from the Zhuzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said that this is an active exploration in the field of project bidding to prevent leading cadres from seeking personal gain and corruption.
General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized at the third plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection that we must pay attention to family education and family tradition, and urge leading cadres to strictly manage their relatives and children. The Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision will carry out special rectification of leading cadres who use their power or influence to make profits for relatives and friends as the "first supervision" and as a specific starting point to promote the concreteness, precision and normalization of political supervision, insisting on punishment and deterrence, institutional restraint, Raise awareness and work together to cut off the chain of corruption and abuse of power for personal gain.
"Leading cadres use their power or influence to make profits for their relatives and friends, seriously damaging the business environment and affecting the political ecology. This is a cancer that must be treated with strong medicine and strict regulations." In February 2023, the Hunan Provincial Party Committee specially studied and deployed a special project Subsequently, the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued the "Special Rectification Work Plan for Leading Cadres Using Their Powers or Influence to Make Profit for Relatives and Friends" and launched relevant work in an all-round way. Relevant departments of the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision have gone deep into the front line and into enterprises, using methods such as overt and covert inspections and special investigations to comprehensively sort out the various appearances of leading cadres making profits for their relatives and friends, identify outstanding problems, and promote special rectification.
In order to fully understand the characteristics of leading cadres using their power or influence to benefit relatives and friends, the province has sorted out relevant cases investigated and dealt with since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. From more than 1,000 cases, 21 problems in three categories were summarized, including personal or relative violations of regulations in running businesses, "branding" and "carrying baskets", and included them as key contents of special rectification.
"We regard in-depth self-examination and self-correction as a key step, and use measures such as policy interpretation, filling in self-examination forms, and issuing announcements to channel pressure and encourage leading cadres to proactively report problems." said the person in charge of the Party Style and Political Style Supervision Office of the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision. Comrade Xi Jinping introduced that since the launch of the special rectification, the province has organized a total of 390,000 party members and cadres to carry out self-examination and self-correction, of which 360 people took the initiative to report relevant issues during self-examination and self-correction. Since October 15, 2023, a one-month self-examination and self-correction has been carried out focusing on six aspects of issues concerning the children of leading cadres asking each other to perform tasks, and six provincial cadres took the initiative to report relevant situations.
On April 26, 2023, Zhu, secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of a branch of the Chenzhou Municipal Ecological Environment Bureau, used his personal deposits to lend money to related companies and made profits from it. After the self-examination and self-correction were carried out, Zhu took the initiative to report the relevant situation to the organization and handed over all the interest of 634,500 yuan, and was given a lighter punishment. "We conduct comprehensive verification and timely handling of problems reported by leading cadres on their own initiative, and adhere to the policy of lenient treatment for those who proactively and truthfully report." The relevant responsible comrade of the Chenzhou Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said.
The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision combed through relevant clues and found that leading cadres used their power or influence to make profits for their relatives and friends in new ways and more covertly.
Some are "platforms" for family businesses. For example, Tu Bibo, former member of the Standing Committee of the Changde Municipal Party Committee and former deputy mayor of the municipal government, used his power or influence to "platform" family businesses. His family businesses developed multiple real estate projects in Changde, and Tu Bibo and his wife participated Investment dividends and profits of more than 60 million yuan.
Some took the initiative to "set up a stage" and instruct relevant units or individuals to "take care of" the business activities of their relatives. For example, Tang Jianchu, the former deputy director of the Hunan Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, illegally applied for special agricultural funds for his brother, father-in-law and others through greetings.
Some opened "mom-and-pop shops". For example, the wife of Liu Tieqiang, the former chairman of the Xiangtan County CPPCC, ran three restaurants and teahouses. Liu Tieqiang used his position to attract customers and made a profit of 9.6 million yuan.
Some engage in "family corruption". For example, Wang Qun, the former secretary of the Changde Municipal Party Committee, connived and tacitly allowed his wife and children to use their own brand to greet and solicit projects everywhere. His wife ran a "small circle" and his son "carried a basket" wantonly. He was suspected of accepting bribes of 4,500 More than 90% of the remaining 10,000 yuan was handled by his wife and children.
Some are "two-faced". For example, Chen Jiming, the former chairman of Hunan Huatian Hotel, tries his best to show an image of integrity and public service in front of others, but secretly uses power for personal gain, makes money wantonly, and provides convenience for relatives and friends in the purchase of bulk items from state-owned enterprises. They also "eat and hide" by entrusting financial management, borrowing interest, holding shares on behalf of others, etc. to hide the deeds of corruption for personal gain.
The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision opened the way by investigating and handling cases, paying close attention to key objects, key issues, and key areas, focusing on key positions and key minorities with concentrated power, intensive funds, and rich resources, and seriously investigated and dealt with Long Xiaohua, the former governor of the People's Government of Xiangxi Autonomous Prefecture There are a number of influential cases such as using one's power to make wanton profits for relatives, Yuan Yanwen, the former director of the Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, favoring relatives and close friends, and "relying on farming to support farming". So far, the province has investigated and handled a total of 2,042 related cases, 1,460 people have been punished by party discipline and government affairs, 306 people have been transferred for review and prosecution, and 921 million yuan of illegal funds have been recovered.
In response to the regulatory loopholes exposed in the case of Yi Pengfei, a former member of the Party Committee and Vice Chairman of the Hunan Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, the province has strengthened the use of cases to promote reforms, address both symptoms and root causes, and promote special rectifications to be in-depth and practical. The Provincial Party Committee issued the "Notice on Doing a Good Job in "Using Cases to Promote Reform" in Yi Pengfei's Case", specifying 22 rectification measures; the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervisory Committee promoted the province's in-depth investigation of the spouses, children and spouses of leading cadres and their spouses' business operations To standardize work, 190 units across the province revised and improved the scope of prohibited industries; issued case notifications, disciplinary inspection and supervision suggestions, responsibility performance reminders, etc., and promoted relevant departments and units to use cases to promote reform and construction.
Strictly preventing leading cadres from seeking profits for relatives and friends, and promoting the cultivation of a clean family tradition are also key. The province regards the construction of clean families as an important starting point to deepen the special rectification of leading cadres who use their power or influence to make profits for relatives and friends. It guides party members and cadres and their families to get married by organizing the province's "Families Helping Corrupt Family Reunion" theme activities and other forms. Wind, set an example.
"We have carried out special rectification of leading cadres who use their power or influence to make profits for relatives and friends, and have achieved relatively obvious phased results. Next, we will focus on stubborn diseases, strengthen targeted measures, carry out 'one city, one topic', and explore precise rectification path." The main responsible comrade of the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said that they will adhere to coordination, linkage, source governance, and promote systematic governance and long-term governance. (China Discipline Inspection and Supervision News)