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Personnel at CCP Departments are Civil Servants

Recently, China’s Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security released the latest statistics on civil servants. As of the end of 2015, there were 7.167 million civil servants in China. According to Article 2 of the Civil Servant Law, the term "civil servant" refers to those personnel who perform public duties and are included in the State administrative staffing with wages and welfare borne by the State. The National Civil Service Bureau explained that civil servants are personnel working in the Communist Party departments, the People’s National Congress, administration departments, judicial courts, procuratorial offices, democratic parties, and the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce, except for lower level workers. 

Source: Xinhua, June 27, 2016 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-06/27/c_1119120155.htm
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

CCDI Calls for Solid Domestic Work in Tracking Corrupt Officials Overseas

On June 19, the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) published an article addressing the importance of building a strong case in China when conducting an overseas pursuit of those corrupt officials who have already fled China. 

The article stated that, to track down corrupt officials who fled China with stolen funds, it is important to do ones homework well inside China. The first task is to get to the bottom of the facts. Only with accurate numbers and solid groundwork can the effort to track down the corrupt officials and stolen funds be effective. 
The article further stated that the Anti-Corruption Coordination Team of the Central Committee of the CCP has enhanced its command and coordination through the establishment of an International Office to Track Down Corrupt Officials and Stolen Funds and through that office’s counterpart at provincial levels. The Devil is in the details. 
“We should not only identify common patterns in all these cases and take targeted measures to prevent corrupt officials from fleeing China; we should also locate the loopholes in our surveillance system that allow them to escape."  

Source: The Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, June 19, 2016 http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xsjw/series18/201606/t20160619_80624.html

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CCDI: Some Countries Protect the CCP’s Corrupt Officials

On June 14, the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) published an article asserting that some countries protect the corrupt officials who have fled China. 

The article observed that those countries believed that the corrupt Chinese officials who fled China to come to those countries were cards in their hands to play against China. However, they have now found out that these cards have become hot potatoes. In the past, the international communities applied a double standard to China. On the one hand, they criticized China for corruption; on the other, they protected the corrupt officials who fled China using the pretext of the law and human rights. “[We] must break through this ‘double standard’!” 

The article advocated that China should proactively inform the world of the anti-corruption campaign and related achievements in a systematic way. 
Source: The Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reprinted by Qiushi, June 14, 2016 http://www.qstheory.cn/bwtj/2016-06/14/c_1119036319.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

CCDI: No Impunity for Corrupt Officials Who Flee China

On June 5, the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) published an article addressing corrupt officials who are thinking of leaving China or who have already left. The article stated that the objective to contain rampant corruption has not changed and that there should be no impunity for corrupt officials who flee China. 

“Party members and cadres who flee aboard with [misappropriated] funds commit treason against the Party and the State. … If they are not brought to justice and dealt with according to the law, Party discipline and the law will not tolerate it. Nor will the people accept it.” 
The article stated that, in addition to recovering the funds, there are also political considerations. “Even if the misappropriated funds have been almost spent and are not recoverable, these perpetrators must be brought back to China to be punished severely in accordance with the Party’s discipline and the law so that there will be a closure for these people.” 
“However far they flee, they will be brought to justice in China. It may take 5, 10, or even 20 years to track them down. Even if there is only one corrupt element left at large out there, our pursuit in order to track down these people and the funds that they took will never cease.” 
Source: The Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, June 5, 2016 http://www.ccdi.gov.cn/xsjw/series18/201606/t20160605_79953.html

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Xi Jinping: China and U.S. Should Focus on Cooperation

On June 7, 2016, Xi Jinping met in Beijing with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and U.S. Treasury  Secretary Jacob Lew. 

According to People’s Daily, Xi recommended that “both countries should firmly continue the historical trend of Sino-US relations, focus on cooperation, do more practical things, properly handle differences, eliminate interference, and promote the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations.” 
Xi Jinping emphasized that China and the U.S. can do a lot of things. “Both sides should do more things that are conducive to China-US cooperation; they should not do or should do fewer things that are not conducive to bilateral cooperation. As long as the two sides keep things in perspective, move in the same direction, and proactively take action, [we can] ensure that Sino-US relations move forward on the right track and build new relations between big powers.” 
Source: People’s Daily reprinted by Qiushi, June 7, 2016 
http://www.qstheory.cn/yaowen/2016-06/08/c_1119008328.htm
Briefings | | |   US-China Relations

CCDI: We Are Far From Finished with the Anti-Corruption Campaign

On June 4, the Communist Party’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) published an article in its official journal saying that it is far from finished with the anti-corruption campaign and that it will track down the remaining corrupt officials. 

The article said that, as the anti-corruption campaign is in full swing, there are some notices on and off, such as “anti-corruption is like a gust of wind, and will soon pass,” “anti-corruption is jeopardizing the economy,” and “anti-corruption now needs to put on the brakes.” Those who make and spread these noises have different mentalities but are primarily people who are not clean, do not want to stop [their wrongdoings], and attempt to "muddy the waters, in order to get out [of the consequences]." 
The article further stated that Xi Jinping and Wang Qishan recently and on separate occasions spoke “in the strongest voice” that the anti-corruption is "always on the road"; anti-corruption efforts will continue unabated, at the same speed, and with the same intensity; the situation of the fight against corruption remains severe; [we] are far from finishing the fight and will track down the remaining corrupt officials. 
Finally, the article stated that the Party should keep up the momentum and "continue to deepen" the anti-corruption campaign. 
Source: The Journal of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reprinted by The Paper, June 4, 2016
http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1478877
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Qiushi: Tracking Down Corrupt Officials Who Fled Overseas

On May 31, 2016, Qiushi published a commentary that Huang Shuxian, the Minister of Supervision and Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) wrote about Xi Jinping’s speeches on cooperating with foreign governments in the anti-corruption campaign. 

Huang wrote that these speeches demonstrate the resolve to track down all corrupt officials wherever they are. “Punishing corrupt officials with zero tolerance has consistently been the position of our Party.” In discussing how to view the anti-corruption campaign, Xi noted that anti-corruption is not a power struggle and there is no "house of cards.” If one does not “offend” corrupt officials, he will offend more than 1.3 billion people. 
Huang further stated that, in his speeches, Xi discussed the capture of corrupt officials who have fled China. Xi noted that these corrupt officials must not be allowed to hide in “paradise to avoid punishment" with impunity. They must be tracked down and brought to China, even if it takes five, 10, or 20 years. Huang stated that these important expositions show Xi Jinping’s strong sense of mission and tenacious determination. 
Source: Qiushi, May 31, 2016 
http://www.qstheory.cn/dukan/qs/2016-05/31/c_1118938600.htm

Briefings | | |   Government/Politics

Military Personnel to Study Xi Jinping’s Remarks on Military Reform

On May 29, 2016, the Central Military Commission (CMC) of the Communist Party issued a directive requiring military personnel to study CMC Chairman Xi Jinping’s remarks on military reform. 

“To help officers and soldiers study and implement the important remarks that President Xi made about deepening defense and military reform,” the CMC published a compilation of selected remarks of Xi Jinping made between November 2012 and November 2015, and distributed it to military personnel. 
The CMC directive stated that the compilation “epitomizes President Xi’s important strategic thoughts on military reform,” ”further brings together the strengths of will that support the reform, and provides a strong ideological guarantee and strong spiritual motivation for the reform and military build-up.” 
The directive requires military personnel to take the study of the compilation as an important political task, “and to be truly firm and confident, form a collective will, think and act in unison, and proactively embrace, support and join the reform.” 
Source: Xinhua, May 29, 3016 
http://news.xinhuanet.com/politics/2016-05/29/c_1118950856.htm
Briefings | | |   Government/Politics