CHINA DAILY Monday, January 7, 2019 | 5 CHINA Experts note Crowded start to marathon progress in fighting graft
Attitude of ‘longterm deterrence’ has taken hold to nip corruption in the bud
By ZHANG YAN “From the figure, we can see that [email protected] central authorities have not loos ened their efforts and are maintain China has made great progress in ing high pressure against curbing graft among highranking corruption,” Song said. “They will officials, and it will attach more concentrate resources to target cor attention to uncovering crimes in ruption, especially when superviso the fields of poverty relief, pollution ry commissions are established control and fighting mafialike across the country.” gangs to avoid corruption at the Zhuang added: “We have really grassroots, according to experts. adopted longterm deterrence and Since the 19th National Congress a zerotolerance attitude toward of the Communist Party of China corruption, and there is no sign of Runners wave at the start of the 2019 Xiamen Marathon in Xiamen, Fujian province, on Sunday. More than 30,000 contestants from 38 was held in Beijing in October 2017, any relaxation. This not only shows countries and regions participated. According to the organizers, it is the first international marathon to officially join forces with the those three sectors have emerged as the country’s resolute determina Clean Seas Campaign initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme. JIANG KEHONG / XINHUA the country’s three biggest battles, tion to combat corruption but has said Zhuang Deshui, deputy direct boosted people’s confidence to or at the integritybuilding achieve financial success.” research center of Peking Universi According to the CCDI, more ty. than 80 percent of the investigated Data released by the Central highranking officials violated Par Palace Museum halts cosmetic Festival Commission for Discipline Inspec ty political and organizational dis tion show that the CCDI and cipline, and they resisted their National Supervisory Commission supervisors and didn’t truthfully production after complaints travelers jointly handled 44 cases involving report their personal matters, such corruption in the poverty relief sec as marriage and property. Some of tor last year. them were involved with election By LI LEI In addition, they publicized six scandals or resorted to bribery to [email protected] warned to graft examples involving ecological get promotions, Zhuang said. protection that involved 55 county They also violated the Party’s Beijing’s Palace Museum sus or bureaulevel Party officers, eight frugality standards in accept pended production of cosmetics including polluting Dongting Lake ing banquets in luxury clubs, including lipsticks, eye shadow behave in Central China’s Hunan province. games of golf or tourism arrange and rouge on Saturday, citing People involved in five of the cor ments. For example, Feng Xinzhu, quality concerns following their CREDIBLE ruption cases were found to be former vicegovernor of Shaanxi release on the Taobao emarket CHINA serving as “protective umbrellas” province, accepted a private man place on Dec 11. for organized gangs. ager’s entertainment for a lengthy The museum’s Taobao store “Corruption in those areas has period. said on its micro blog that feed By WANG KEJU seriously violated the people’s vital More than 76 percent of the sen back showed the lipstick was not [email protected] interests and happy life, and is pos ior corrupt officials probed were smooth enough, and the color ing a serious threat to public securi suspected of abusing power and could be improved. The eye shad Nine government agencies have ty,” Zhuang said. “Disciplinary engaging in corrupt activities such ow’s particles were insufficiently issued a notice calling for punish officers should be cautious and take as bribery. They used the conve fine, and the light blue rouge was ment of people who misbehave on effective measures to handle them.” nience of their job to gain benefits impractical. transportation during the Spring Since last year, China’s fight for their families or other enterpris The store said it will continue to Festival travel rush. against corruption has won an es and individuals, then accepted work on the products and roll out The notice, issued by agencies “overwhelming victory and multi huge bribes, paid in cash or proper better ones. A set of cranethemed cosmetics produced by the Palace Muse including the National Develop ple reforms are helping to reduce ty, in return. For example, Li But the post added that the pro um was sold on Taobao. PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY ment and Reform Commission and and prevent graft at its source”, said Yihuang, former vicegovernor of duction interruption won’t affect Ministry of Transport, said bad Song Wei, a law professor at Uni Jiangxi province, abused power to presales, and deliveries will be behavior includes a range of actions versity of Science and Technology benefit others in business manage made after the Chinese New Year, set of lipstick with six colors and on roads, railways, urban transpor Beijing. ment, then accepted bribes from which falls on Feb 5 this year. 199 two masks on Dec 9, just ahead of tation, passenger vessels and in civil Last year, 23 ministerial or pro them. The store, called Palace Muse the “double twelve” online shop aviation — from interfering with vinciallevel officials were investi “Apart from combating corrup um Cultural Creativity, has yuan ping festival on Dec 12. Each tube safe driving on buses to taking oth gated for alleged graft by both the tion, we should place more empha offered to exchange faulty lipstick Price of a set of five lipsticks of the lipstick sold for 199 yuan. ers’ seats on highspeed trains or CCDI and the National Supervisory sis on educating Party members to with undamaged stock, with any branded by the Palace Two days later the museum’s disrupting social order on an air Museum before production Commission, a yearonyear be loyal to the Party and its people, surplus to be sold online. was halted Taobao store released a much craft. increase of 22 percent, the CCDI have correct political beliefs and The store said the patterns on cheaper version. But some review Offenders will be banned from said. establish a correct outlook on life the cosmetic cases were inspired ers said the Taobao version was of rail or air travel for a period of time. Of the 23 who were investigated, and values,” said Jiang Laiyong, a by furniture, paintings and other ed that the museum consider roll low quality. According to the national credit 15 corrupt officials were referred to senior researcher at the Chinese cultural relics housed at the ing out products in cooperation Products sold by the museum information sharing platform, cred prosecuting departments for crimi Academy of Social Sciences. museum. with major brands, which would used to be pricy, highend cultural itchina.gov.cn, 5,099 people have nal charges, including Ai Wenli, a With the acceleration of legisla A set of five lipsticks was priced help ensure the products’ quality. items, but it has changed over the been banned from purchasing air former senior political adviser in tion, such as the International at 199 yuan ($29) on Taobao, and The museum indicated its last few years and has been tickets since June, with 1,604 Hebei province; Zhang Shaochun, Criminal Justice Assistance Act — they sold out within a week. intention to step into cosmetics in increasingly applying the ele banned from buying train tickets. former viceminister of the Minis which opens new channels for nab One microblogger, who April 2017. ments from cultural relics to arti The notice said all misbehavior try of Finance; and Pu Bo, former bing corrupt fugitives and confis claimed to have examined the lip In an article posted on its social cles for daily use, such as aprons should be included in offenders’ vicegovernor of Guizhou province. cating their assets — and the Party’s stick set at a physical store, said he media platform, the museum and pens. credit records. For example, viola Moreover, 354 senior officials in revised Discipline Punishment would describe the products as mentioned the idea of integrating Housing 1.86 million cultural tions on trains, which include smok the provinces were probed for seri Regulation, disciplinary officers tourist souvenirs rather than real elements of its collections into relics, the Palace Museum, also ing, traveling without tickets, failing ous violations of Party discipline will use more standardized meth cosmetics because the quality was cosmetics, including eye shadow known as the Forbidden City, was to pay surcharges upon arrival, and laws last year, an increase of 10 ods to cope with corruption, Jiang quite unsatisfactory. and rouge. China’s imperial palace from 1420 reselling tickets, using a fake ID or percent over 2017, it said. added. Another microblogger suggest The museum first rolled out a to 1911. disrupting public order or railway safety, should all be recorded. It said transport authorities should strengthen education and training of personnel to better deal Xinjiang hiphop lovers have designs on success with misbehavior, encourage pas sengers to participate in stopping By ZHANG YI and Written on the sleeve of the black helped them build contacts, partic They sold their products, priced criminal behavior that interferes AYBEK ASKHAR in Urumqi Tshirt is “Dopeway”, a combination ularly in the textiles industry. from 50 to 150 yuan ($7.28 to with safe driving and cooperate of the word “dope” (slang for good The duo produced their first self $21.84), through WeChat and the with public security departments to Two friends who started a cloth or fashionable) and “kanway”. The branded product in August that Taobao online marketplace, and punish bad behavior. ing and accessories brand in the design also features a goat’s head, a year after the demolition of the opened a store in Urumqi last year. The campaign focusing on the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region common food eaten by Uygur peo city’s Nanmen Square to make way Most customers are age 18 to 30, transport sector is part of a broader have hit it big by giving traditional ple. for a subway station. An under mainly college students, they said. move to improve behavior, toughen patterns a modern twist. “Xinjiang has many interesting ground mall below the square had Muradil said young people in sanctions on wrongdoers and Hiphop lovers Wei Xiaojiang and cool things in terms of ethnic been a popular hangout for young Xinjiang like hiphop culture, and enhance public security and order and Muradil Muhtar teamed up in culture — music, clothes and people. the design style has a good market amid an ongoing national campaign 2015, and their Rameyda line of nature,” Muradil said. “It’s our “The square was a landmark and in the region. promoting Chinese credibility. products, including Tshirts, hood pride, and we want to promote Xin an important place in our child “I’m happy to know that many “A social credit system is indis ies, caps and bags, is helping pre jiang culture in our designs.” hood memory,” Wei said, adding people in other provinces across A Rameyda shirt features a pensable for any modern govern serve ethnic culture by promoting it Another popular product is a cap that to commemorate the event China like our designs, too,” said Kazak musical instrument, the ment,” said Zhu Lijia, professor of among young people. emblazoned with “65”, the two dig they printed 50 black Tshirts with Wei, who added that their Tshirts dombra, being played by a fig public management at the Chinese One of their earliest and most its at the start of Xinjiang residents’ the word Nanmen and a white tri flew off the shelves during an ure in a diver’s helmet. Academy of Governance. “Instead of iconic designs is a modern take on ID numbers. angle, representing the pyramid exhibition in Shenzhen, Guang PROVIDED TO CHINA DAILY giving fines or other light penalties, the kanway, a traditional short “Behind each design, there is a that once stood on the square. The dong province. putting severe offenders on a public sleeved shirt worn by Uygur men story,” Wei said. “The design inspi shirts quickly sold out, which The Rameyda team now blacklist will be more effective in and women featuring colorful ration is mainly from our life expe inspired them to do more. includes 20 people, allowing the that we’ve kept our business constraining their behavior.” embroidery on the neck, chest and rience.” Over the next year, Wei and company to focus on organizing going, although we never seem to This year’s sevenday Spring Fes arms. Wei, a high school dropout, was Muradil released 10 designs — in events for fans, such as rock make ends meet. tival holiday runs from Feb 4 to 10, “We want to make it a cool thing working as a gym manager in addition to producing work for oth climbing and motorbike riding, “It’s because we always try new starting with Lunar New Year’s Eve. to wear kanway,” Wei said. “People Urumqi, the regional capital, when er companies — and asked local and activities that promote the ideas and expand. We’re getting More than 2.99 billion trips are only tend to wear it during tradi he and graphic designer Muradil hiphop artists to wear them at con protection of wildlife. used to new challenges. The big expected to be made during the tional festivals, so we designed a decided to branch out on their own certs. “It’s difficult for small brands ger they are, the more excited we 40day Spring Festival travel rush Tshirt that mixes classic patterns in May 2015. After making a name for them like us to survive in the market, feel.” beginning on Jan 21, including 2.46 with modern style, hoping young At first they provided design ser selves, they registered their Ramey and many have come along and billion by car, 413 million by rail, 73 people will be more willing to wear vices to companies, creating logos, da brand as a company in August produced some items and then Contact the writers at million by plane and 43 million by it in their daily lives.” posters and uniforms, which 2016. quit,” Wei said. “But we’re happy [email protected] ship.