Software helps battle against corruption

Computer software commissioned by Zhuhai city government to issue alerts on malpractice in government-invested projects will be promoted in other parts of Guangdong province as a measure to prevent corruption.

In the past year, the software system has issued 205 alerts in monitoring 225 government-funded projects involving a total investment of about 30 billion yuan ($4.9 billion), said Wang Yanshi, head of the Party discipline inspection commission of Zhuhai, at a recent seminar in the city.

It has also provided 25 indications of possible corruption of which 11 have been subjected to investigation.