Hong Kong's anti-corruption agencies have maintained close liaison and cooperation with their mainland counterparts on personnel training, corruption prevention and operations, a senior Hong Kong official said Tuesday.
With China's opening-up and its entry into the World Trade Organization, more and more mainland officials with professional background in banking, insurance and accounting came to visit Hong Kong in recent years. Exchange of experiences between the two sides increased a lot, Lee Siu-kwong, commissioner of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), told a news conference.
"I led a delegation to visit anti-corruption authorities in Beijing and Guangzhou to exchange graft fighting experiences with our mainland's counterparts," Lee said, "both sides believed there are rooms for further cooperation, especially in training, corruption prevention and intelligence exchange."
According to an ICAC report, the commission arranged various events for over 4,000 employees of mainland-funded companies in Hong Kong and nearly 9,000 visiting mainland officials. Both are record-high figures.
"Anti-corruption is a major task for both Hong Kong and the mainland. I believe our cooperation will continue to increase," Lee said.
(Xinhua News Agency February 26, 2003)
