The Communist Party of China (CPC) on Tuesday announced a
requirement for all leading Party cadres to provide details of
their personal affairs, including their investments, changes in
their marital status and whether their children marry
foreigners.
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A circular providing details of reporting requirements was
issued after a meeting on Tuesday of the Political Bureau of the
CPC Central Committee which was presided over by President Hu Jintao, also general secretary of the
Chinese Communist Party Central Committee.
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The circular says the goal of the reporting requirement is to
strengthen the Party's internal supervision and ensure clean and
honest governance.
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According to the circular, enhancing the Party's internal
supervision and preventing corruption are necessary requirements
for improving the Party's capacity to govern and maintain the
Party's leading role.
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The requirement, which was officially promulgated in January
1997 by the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the
General Office of the State Council, is an important Party
regulation that reflects the CPC's resolve to supervise its leading
cadres.
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Leading cadres are to report to the Party within a month when
the following changes occur in their personal affairs: if they or
their spouses, or their children who live with them, build, buy,
sell or rent property; if they participate in organizing a marriage
ceremony or funeral rite for themselves or close relatives; if they
or their children marry foreigners; if their spouses or children
emigrate; if they travel abroad on personal business; if their
spouses or children are investigated by judicial organs or are
suspected of committing crimes; and if their spouses and children
run individual, private businesses or contract and rent state-owned
enterprises and collective enterprises, or act as high-ranking
managers in joint ventures and mainland branches of overseas
companies.
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The circular also pointed out that reporting regulations needed
to be revised and procedures improved in line with the country's
reform and modernization drive.
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During the meeting, all Party cadres vowed to adhere to the
notion of "exerting power for the people, sharing the feelings of
the people and working for the people's interests", and consciously
implement the regulations.
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Implementation of the regulations will be an important
consideration in a cadre's overall tenure assessment.
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The regulations apply to cadres in Party's organs, people's
congresses, governments, political advisory organs and judicial
organs at county level or above, as well as cadres whose ranks are
equivalent to county head in state-owned enterprises and
companies.
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Earlier this month, the CPC issued another important rule,
namely regulations on the system of withdrawal of officials and
their relatives. The rule provides that spouses, children and
relatives of those appointed to leadership posts in a government or
Party unit cannot be subordinate officials, accountants, auditors
or human resources cadres in that unit during the official's
tenure.
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In addition, officials must not work in a government office that
controls or supervises any industry or enterprise in which their
family members hold shares.
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(Xinhua News Agency August 30, 2006)