China / Clean governance

Former Guangdong official investigated for corruption

[2014-10-15 17:18]

The country's top anti-graft body has required that the Guangdong Provincial Party Commission of Discipline Inspection further investigate a retired senior official from the province's Party Organization Department for suspected serious violation of Party discipline and laws.

N China official under investigation

[2014-10-15 16:41]

The Party chief of Datong city in North China's Shanxi province, Feng Lixiang, is being investigated for "suspected severe disciplinary and law violations," according to the top anti-graft body.

31 top officials convicted of taking bribes

[2014-10-15 08:08]

Thirty-one senior officials have been found guilty as of Monday of taking bribes since China launched a campaign to clean up government in late 2012, according to court rulings listed by China's anti-graft body.

Former Guangxi senior official sentenced 15 years in prison

[2014-10-13 16:11]

A former senior official of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region was sentenced to 15 years in prison for taking bribes on Monday.

Chinese premier criticises lazy officials as corrupt

[2014-10-10 08:13]

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang has once more laid down the law with government workers who are trying to kept a low profile amid a corruption crackdown.

Watchdog nabs more than 700 officials for corruption

[2014-10-09 21:23]

As the central government steps up efforts to clean up officialdom, Beijing's anti-graft authority punished 729 party members from January through September.

Anti-corruption crucial for China's long-term growth: Nobel laureate

[2014-10-09 16:30]

China's anti-corruption campaign will affect economy for a short term, but is crucial to maintaining growth in the long run, a Nobel Prize winner on economics said Wednesday.

Anti-corruption campaign shows broad power of NDRC officials

[2014-10-09 09:38]

The central government's ongoing crackdown on corruption has hit hardest against the National Development and Reform Commission, with 19 officials from the State agency placed under investigation on suspicion of bribery from May 2013 to September 2014.

8,200 punished for wasting public money

[2014-10-08 20:22]

Nearly 8,200 officials and Party members have been punished for using public money to buy gifts and pay for eating, drinking and entertaining since the launch of a campaign to clean up officialdom began in June last year.

Long-missing vice-mayor arrested

[2014-10-08 07:41]

The vice-mayor of Luoyang, Henan province, has been detained by police and will be transferred to prosecutors amid allegations that he was involved in corruption and abuse of power, provincial authorities said on Tuesday.

Anti-corruption inspections resonate with public

[2014-07-23 08:15]

Nearly 96 percent of respondents to a survey supported the central government's decision to send inspectors across the country to uncover acts of corruption.

 Inspections take policy the extra mile

[2014-07-09 06:40]

Comprehensive inspections by China's central government find problems in policy at the grassroots and provide the tools to fix them.

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