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BBC Wednesday, 29 January, 2003, 12:02 GMT
China's leaders may face scrutiny
China's top leaders have hinted they may make themselves open to public
scrutiny, amid mounting concern that official corruption is eroding the ruling
Communist Party's authority.
A meeting of the party's key Politburo decided that officials at all levels,
especially Politburo members, should submit to public supervision, according to
the official People's Daily.
No further details were given, though the report pointed out that the meeting
was presided over by new party chief Hu Jintao.
The move, if confirmed, would be the clearest sign yet that the country's new
generation of leaders, promoted last year, is prepared to tackle subjects that
have been taboo since the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown.
Reformers in the party were then urging top leaders to make public their own and
their families' wealth and stem mounting criticism of official corruption and
nepotism.
But their voices were silenced in the 1990s by a harder-line leadership, some of
whose members were suspected of shielding relatives from investigation.
Analysts are now watching to see if the new leadership is prepared to open
debate on other, stalled reforms, including steps towards limited political
reform.
Mr Hu's views on these subjects are not known because he took care during his
ascent to power to keep his opinions private.
However, there have been reports that another new Politburo member, Zeng
Qinghong, harbours hopes of introducing some political reform.
Mr Zeng, a protégé of Chinese President Jiang Zemin, has been appearing more
prominently in China's media than his official party position should warrant.
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BBC Tuesday, 18 February, 2003, 14:39 GMT
Chinese official vows to end corruption
A senior Chinese Communist
Party official has warned of the "extreme danger" posed to the Party by
corruption.
Wu Guanzheng, chairman of
the party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, urged committee
members to seek new ways to fight the problem.
"All commission members
must realise the difficulty, and raise their vigilance and awareness of the
extreme danger of corruption," Mr Wu said on Tuesday, according to the official
newspaper People's Daily.
There is mounting concern
in China that official corruption is eroding the Communist Party's authority.
In late January, a meeting
of the party's key Politburo reportedly decided that officials at all levels
should submit to public supervision.
'Harsh punishment'
Tuesday's meeting was the
commission's second since Mr Wu - also a member of the Politburo - was named as
its head at a key Communist Party congress last November.
"We must adhere to the rule
of honesty and self-discipline," Mr Wu told the assembled committee members.
He urged them to "harshly
punish corrupt officials" and "deepen anti-corruption work within organisations
and enterprises."
But he also warned them to
"recognise that the struggle against graft is a long-term, difficult and arduous
task," the official newspaper said.
Despite the clear pressure
on party officials to rid the administration of corruption, correspondents say
that many within the party do not want the problem to be tackled in public.
In his key speech to the
November congress, President Jiang Zemin said that China would never adopt a
Western-like system with separate organs capable of checking the main party.