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Pressure still high on graft during supervision reform

By ZHANG YAN [email protected] Agenda

China has kept up the pressure Wednesday in the fight against corruption 9:30 am: National political advis­ while making progress on reform ers vote on the work report of the of the country’s supervision sys­ Standing Committee of the 13th tem in the past year, according to CPPCC National Committee and work reports of the top court and other draft documents at the top procuratorate released on closing meeting of the second Tuesday. session of the 13th CPPCC Thirty­two officials at or above National Committee. ministerial level were charged last All day: National legislators hold year with graft, including Sun group discussions on the work Zhengcai and Wang Sanyun, said reports of the Supreme People’s Zhang Jun, procurator­general of Court and Supreme People’s the Supreme People’s Procurator­ Procuratorate. ate, during the work report to the top legislature. Sun, former Chongqing Party Number of cases handled by secretary and former member of the Supreme People's Court the Political Bureau of the 18th Communist Party of China Central 2017 28,496 Committee, was sentenced on May 2018 34,794 8 to life in prison for taking bribes a year-on-year increase of 22.1 percent of over 170 million yuan ($25.3 mil­ lion). Number of cases handled Wang, former Party secretary of by local courts at all levels Gansu province, stood trial in 2017 President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Com­ October, and no verdict has been 25,735,000 mission, attends a plenary meeting on Tuesday of the delegation of the People’s Liberation Army and the People’s Armed Police Force to released yet. 2018 28,000,000 the second session of the 13th National People’s Congress in Beijing. LI GANG / XINHUA As a result of an unwavering a year-on-year increase of 8.8 percent resolve to bring the corrupt to jus­ tice, about 33,000 people in 28,000 Number of people charged cases were convicted of taking by prosecutors bribes or dereliction of duty last 2017 1,706,498 year, Chief Justice Zhou Qiang said 2018 1,692,846 Xi urges military to meet goals in the work report of the Supreme People’s Court. a year-on-year decrease of 0.8 percent Another 2,466 people were con­ Sources: SPC and SPP CHINA DAILY This year crucial for realizing five­year make sure they are of high quality, Xi insisted on the military under­ victed of offering bribes last year according to Xi. standing the determination and amid a heavy crackdown on brib­ Inside plan on development of the armed forces Policies pertaining to military intention of the Party’s leadership, ery, he said. buildup and troop management exerting itself to enhance combat • Editorial, page 10 By ZHAO LEI Xi ordered the military to focus should be refined to lay a solid foun­ preparedness and firmly safeguard­ See Reports, page 3 • See more, page 3 [email protected] on improving its combat readiness dation for realization of the goals. ing China’s sovereignty, safety, and capability. It should also deepen Xi ordered the military to intensi­ development interests and social President Xi Jinping urged the its reform, foster innovation and fy its internal supervision and stability. military on Tuesday to make all­out present new achievements for the inspection to prevent and uproot He also instructed the military to efforts to ensure its goals for 2020 coming 70th birthday of the People’s the practice of formalities for for­ support the country’s economic and are fully realized in a timely manner. Republic of China in October, he malities’ sake and bureaucratism. social development, environmental Xi, also general secretary of the added. Funds should be used where they endeavors and disaster and accident Communist Party of China Central He said that to achieve the 2020 are truly needed, and the virtues of relief work. It should also play its Committee and chairman of the Cen­ goals, the military must strengthen hard work and thrift should be pro­ part in poverty alleviation, he add­ tral Military Commission, told planning and coordination, concen­ moted. Management and scrutiny ed. national legislators from the People’s trate resources on its priorities and over the use of funds should be Governments at all levels should Liberation Army and the People’s enhance its accountability system. strengthened to eliminate miscon­ in turn support the military’s work, Armed Police Force that this year is More attention should be given duct and corruption, he said. make appropriate arrangements for crucial to fulfilling the armed forces’ to projects that concern the mili­ He stressed that the armed forces’ veterans’ employment, take good 13th five­year development plan, tary’s combat readiness efforts, 14th five­year development plan care of military retirees with physi­ from 2016 to 2020. and those key to boosting the should fit with national strategies in cal difficulties and the family mem­ He asked all military personnel to armed forces’ operational capabili­ development, security and the mili­ bers of military personnel, and understand the significance and urgen­ ty or to facilitating reforms in tary, and should integrate their cur­ support the military’s efforts to cy of the plan’s realization and spare no national defense. The military rent and future needs to pursue withdraw from all its commercial Chief Justice Zhou Qiang (left) and Procurator­General Zhang Jun effort to turn its goals into reality. should gear up such projects and sustainable, consistent growth. activities, Xi said. deliver work reports in Beijing on Tuesday. FENG YONGBIN / CHINA DAILY Xinjiang vocational centers Movie stars Beijing, Washington set ‘effective’ against extremism shine light on next steps for trade talks By CUI JIA Its purpose is to get rid of the envi­ poverty relief [email protected] ronment that breeds terrorism and By JING SHUIYU Wang said at a news conference. religious extremism and prevent [email protected] The enforcement mechanism Vocational education centers in violent terrorist activities from hap­ By WANG KAIHAO should be “two­way, fair and equal”, the Xinjiang Uygur autonomous pening, according to the regional [email protected] Chinese Vice­Premier Liu He he said. region are not concentration or government. spoke by telephone on Tuesday During the seventh round of re­education camps as portrayed in The trainees have been influ­ Jackie Chan shared some good with US Treasury Secretary Steven trade talks in February, China and some media reports, Shohrat Zakir, enced by terrorism and extremism news at group discussions of China’s Mnuchin and US Trade Represent­ the US made substantial progress chairman of the regional govern­ and are suspected of minor crimi­ top political advisory body — but it ative Robert Lighthizer about key on such issues as technology trans­ ment, said on Tuesday. nal offenses. NPC deputies of the Xinjiang had nothing to do with his upcoming issues in their trade talks, Xinhua fers, protection of intellectual prop­ Instead, they have proved effec­ They can receive free classes to Uygur autonomous region dele­ films. News Agency reported. erty rights, nontariff barriers, the tive in eliminating religious improve their skills in the country’s gation meet the media on As a member of the The officials set the next steps in service industry, agriculture and extremism in the region, he said common language and acquire Tuesday. KUANG LINHUA / CHINA DAILY 13th Chinese People’s their “working arrangements” for exchange rates, according to an ear­ during a panel discussion of the knowledge of the law and vocation­ Political Consultative their talks, Xinhua said, without lier Xinhua report. annual session of the National Peo­ al skills through vocational educa­ increase their income, Shohrat said. Conference National giving details. China’s central bank governor, ple’s Congress in Beijing. tion centers set up around the Xinjiang, which has been China’s Committee, the Hong The move was the latest in a Yi Gang, a member of the negotiat­ Claims that the trainees are region, the government has said. main battlefield in fighting terror­ Kong movie star had string of China­US negotiations in ing team in those talks, said the abused and their freedom is “The centers have proved effec­ ism, has not experienced any ter­ proposed at last year’s Jackie Chan recent months. Negotiators have two countries have discussed the restricted in the centers are inaccu­ tive in eliminating religious extrem­ rorist attack in 27 months, and the annual session that been striving to implement the con­ need to respect the “autonomy” of rate, and there is no way there are ism,” Shohrat said on Tuesday. current social situation is under celebrities in the industry use their sensus reached in December by each other’s monetary authorities more than 1 million people in them, “Religious extremism is often dis­ control, Shohrat added. social influence in the battle to allevi­ President Xi Jinping and US Presi­ and the need to follow the princi­ Shohrat said. guised as a part of religion, which For a period of time, violent ter­ ate poverty, in keeping with the senti­ dent Donald Trump. ple of market­determined He said the centers are actually lures people to fall for it. After learn­ rorist attacks frequently rocked the ments of a long­standing national Wang Shouwen, vice­minister of exchange rates. boarding schools, and the trainees ing at the centers, graduates can region. Since then the region has campaign. commerce, said on Saturday that he The two nations discussed the can ask for leave if they need to see better tell its true intentions.” adopted a series of measures to This month, clutching a wad of “feels hopeful” about the prospects need to abide by previous commit­ their loved ones. The graduates of the centers can maintain social stability. thank­you letters from villagers from for the negotiations, as both negoti­ ments made at G20 summits not “We strictly prohibit anyone obtain a better command of the “Those measures have never tar­ all over China, Chan seemed eager to ation teams are trying their best to to engage in competitive deprecia­ from treating trainees poorly, and national common language. Before geted a particular ethnic group or prove it was not just idle talk last year. turn the consensus reached tion and to communicate closely their personal freedom is well pro­ coming to the centers, many of religion as some people in other In June, working with the movie between the countries’ leaders into on currency issues, Yi told report­ tected. Also, their traditional cus­ them refused to learn the language, countries have claimed,” he said. channel of China Central Television, reality. ers on Sunday during the two ses­ toms are well respected,” Shohrat as it was prohibited by religious As the region becomes more sta­ Chan initiated a program called Tariff hikes do not help any party, sions. said during the session, which was extremists, so it was difficult for ble, Shohrat said he believes there Star Lights. One month later, he open to domestic and foreign them to communicate with others will be fewer trainees at the voca­ appeared in Datong — a city found­ media. and find jobs. tional centers. ed over 2,000 years ago in Shanxi © 2019 China Daily All Rights Reserved Vol. 23 — No. 6819 Xinjiang has launched a vocation­ After obtaining both language “One day, the centers won’t even province. al education and training program and skill certificates at the centers, be there, when there is no need for A member of the according to laws and regulations. they can find better jobs and them anymore,” he said. See Poverty, page 6 Asia News Network