A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) on
Wednesday said it was time to step up the fight against commercial
bribery.
He Yong, head of a group on combating commercial bribery, said
at a meeting here that self-examination and self-correction are
needed in the fight against commercial bribery.
Two documents containing new measures were discussed and
approved by a meeting of the central commercial bribery control
group held Wednesday in Beijing.
He, also deputy secretary of the CPC Central Commission for
Discipline Inspection (CCDI), asked anti-bribery officials to
devote more efforts to investigating cases that trample on the
public's vital interests.
"The government will further open administrative affairs to
public scrutiny, and develop an effective long-term mechanism to
fight commercial bribery," he said.
Commercial bribery usually refers to bribes from companies and
often involves a firm paying money to government officials for
special favors.
China has dealt with 21,889 cases of commercial bribery
involving 5.276 billion yuan (US$676 million) since it started a
clean-up campaign in 2005, according to the latest official
statistic.
(Xinhua News Agency May 17, 2007)