A 25% increase from the 45 senior officials investigated last year.
The South China Morning Post (SCMP) in Hong Kong reported on the 22nd that the number of high-ranking officials investigated in China this year has hit a record high as the Chinese government has tightened its grip on anti-corruption since the Xi Jinping regime.
According to reports, 56 senior executives at the vice-minister level or higher were investigated in China this year due to President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption campaign. This is a nearly 25% increase compared to last year when there were 45 high-ranking officials investigated by the Central Discipline Inspection Commission on anti-corruption-related charges.
In particular, the media reported that 12 of the 56 high-ranking executives investigated for corruption charges this year were those who worked in the party and state institutions, which is twice the number last year. The analysis is that this means that the anti-corruption knife is being directed to the highest party organizations and ministries.
Senior officials investigated this year include former Minister of Justice Tang Yijun, former Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Tang Renjian, and former Vice Minister of Justice Liu Zhiqiang.
In addition, the number of anti-corruption investigations into the financial sector, which was a key target last year, decreased this year, while the number of cases increased in fields such as aviation and defense.
Deng Yuan, a current affairs critic who served as editor-in-chief of Learning Times, an organ of the Central Party of the Chinese Communist Party, said that President Xi had mentioned that areas where power, money, and resources are concentrated will be the subject of investigation in 2022, saying, “The focus on high-ranking officials is “It is consistent with what the president has instructed the party to do,” he told the SCMP.
In addition, he said, “More bureaucrats are getting caught up in the investigation,” and “The corruption crackdown network is becoming wider and tighter.” He added, “More people are caught and fewer people get away.”
China has been conducting a large-scale anti-corruption investigation since the Xi Jinping regime. In particular, strict measures are being taken on the military, including the dismissal of former Defense Minister Li Xiangfu and his predecessor, former Defense Minister Wei Fenghe, who were key figures during Xi Jinping’s third term.
Recently, Miao Hua, a member of the Central Military Commission and director of the Political Action Department, who was fifth in military rank, was investigated on corruption charges.
In addition, through regulations introduced in February of this year, a nationwide anti-corruption inspection was launched up to the village level, the lowest administrative unit in China’s administrative districts, resulting in 77,000 village-level residents in the first quarter, an increase of nearly 70% compared to the same period last year. Executives were also disciplined.
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