Military's rule on preventing duty crimes to take effect

A working rule to prevent duty crimes was recently issued by the Chinese army and will be put into operation on Dec. 1.

The rule was jointly issued by the General Staff Headquarters, the General Political Department, the General Logistics Department and the General Armament Department of the People's Liberation Army.

The rule focuses on some key fields prone to corruption, including personnel, finance, construction, oil management, materials and armament procurement, health care, real estate, and reception services.

It makes detailed regulations for 44 high-risk links and over 130 problems that should be noticed, and sets clear prevention measures one by one.

The rule also put forward clear requirements on the building of prevention mechanism for duty crimes, strengthened warning and punishment system, as well as the functions of disciplinary, auditing and other bodies.

The rule came as the PLA is launching a war against corruption, with several top-level generals being investigated for suspected serious legal and disciplinary violations.

The military watchdog is conducting an investigation into suspected violations of law and discipline of "some PLA members" as the military digs deep into the anti-corruption drive, said a Ministry of National Defense spokesman on Thursday.