According to the circular, family members of the leading officials at provincial and prefectural levels are not allowed to run businesses involving real estate development and management, or engage in paid medium services, such as acting as agents, offering evaluations and advisory services.

Also, they are not allowed to engage in such business activities as acting as agents and issuing advertisements, or to run lawyers' offices, it says.

They are not allowed to work in the areas under jurisdiction of their parents if they are hired as lawyers, says the circular.

They are not allowed to run entertainment business like Karaoke bars, dancing halls, night clubs, bath-houses and saunas, and other businesses that may cause conflicts with public interests.

Those who are already involved in those business should quit or their parents should resign as leading officials, or face punishment by the department concerned, it says.

(People's Daily 03/21/2001)