UNREMITTING, UPGRADED EFFORTS
Following the eight-point rules, the CPC central authorities issued more than a dozen regulations or rules that aim to standardize officials' benefits and reduce corruption.
The latest rules released on Nov. 30 on officials' benefits stipulated that Party and state leaders should vacate their offices in a timely manner upon retiring.
The new rules, regarded as "an expansion and upgrade" to the Party's eight-point guidelines, also said officials should "travel without pomp," minimize their impact on public life and not have vehicles exceeding the set standards.
Amid the reinforced corruption fight, officials will be named and punished for any tiny violations.
Since August 2013, the CCDI established a monthly reporting system to monitor the implementation of frugality rules nationwide, naming and shaming violators ranging from village chiefs to provincial and ministerial level officials on its website.
In one case, a township official was reprimanded for eating an apple in a fruit store without paying.
"Strict requirements bring forth respect. (The requirements) are constraint, and are also protection," said an anonymous official from Hainan Province. The official said the strict disciplines will prevent the public staff from corruption.
However, CCDI statistics indicate that there is still much left to be done.
The statistics showed that 33,532 violations were reported from January to October in 2016, almost the number dealt with for the whole of 2015.
Prof. Wang Yukai warned that the malpractice and undesirable work style may rebound if the disciplinary restraint becomes loose.
The implementation of the frugality campaign must continue and be tightened up every year, making the fine work style the norm and letting the people see the real changes, said Li Kang from the Jiangxi Academy of Social Sciences.
