Discipline inspectors and law enforcement agencies in Shanghai
dealt with 1,468 commercial bribery cases, involving 495 million
yuan (about US$64.3 million) in this leading metropolis of China in
the 15 months ending April this year, authorities said on
Thursday.
Most of the cases involved construction projects, land sales,
trade of property rights, purchase and sale of medicines and
medical equipment, government purchasing, exploitation and
distribution of natural resources, according to the national office
on fighting against commercial bribery under the Central Committee
of the Communist Party of China.
Officials in Shanghai's administrative departments, 106,000
enterprises and state-run organizations have voluntarily turned in
accepted bribes worth 17 million yuan so far, the office said.
However, the office didn't say how many people were involved in
these cases.
China has dealt with 21,889 cases of commercial bribery
involving 5.276 billion yuan (US$676 million) up to last April
since it started an anti-corruption campaign in 2005, according to
official statistic.
(Xinhua News Agency June 15, 2007)