Shanghai has launched a research center for job-related crimes, aiming to draw experiences from typical cases such as the city's pension fund scandal.
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Jointly established by Shanghai Normal University and Shanghai Xuhui District Procuratorate, the research center was focused on characteristics, trends and prevention strategies of job-related crimes.

"Launched hand-in-hand by the higher education institution and procuratorial organ, the center is an open platform that will combine theories with practices," said Chu Guoliang, a procurator of the Xuhui District Procuratorate.

Theories in law, sociology, psychology, behavioral science, ethics, political education and other fields would help to study sample cases of job-related crimes, according to Chu.

Currently there were 37 members in the center, including nine professors and four senior procurators.

This year, the center planned to compile a report on the public repercussions of the pension fund scandal that embroiled at least a dozen high-level Shanghai businessmen and former senior government officials.

(Xinhua News Agency January 8, 2008)