The CCTV Comprehensive Channel of the Central Radio and Television Corporation broadcast the fourth episode of the TV special "Zero Tolerance" on the 18th, "Systematic Governance".
Yun Guangzhong, who served as mayor and secretary of the Ordos Municipal Party Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and secretary of the Hohhot Municipal Party Committee, was examined and investigated in June 2019 and sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2020. Of the nearly 100 million yuan in property he received from bribes, he received more than 37 million yuan from a coal-related enterprise.
Hengtai Coal Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise in Ordos City, and in 2010 the company applied to Ordos City for a well field with larger reserves and better coal quality. In order to gain the support of Yun Guangzhong, the mayor of Ordos at the time, the company owner Tuo Lian became acquainted with Yun Guangzhong's son and wife, and after coming to the door, Yun Guangzhong's wife gave him a hint.
Hao Shenhai (businessman involved): Go to their house, his wife proposed that there is a big high-pressure tower in the courtyard of this house, saying that this is very bad for people, sleep is not good, etc., just give me a hint, that is, there are difficulties, do not want to live here. After she said this, I knew the meaning, and when I came back, I raised the cash and sent it directly to his house.
When Hao Shenhai came to the door again, he dragged 2 million yuan in cash at a time with a suitcase. Since then, he has sent money and gifts to Yun Guangzhong's wife and son many times, totaling nearly 3 million yuan. Correspondingly, Hengtai Company successfully replaced it with a high-quality well field.
Sun Ying (Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission): Yun Guangzhong presided over the executive meeting of the Ordos Municipal Government, and directly gave the matter of replacing coalfield resources for Hengtai Company, which is the most standard power and money transaction, his father is at the front desk, and they collect money in the background.
Episode 4: Systematic Governance
In the great struggle to comprehensively and strictly govern the party in the new era, the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping as the core has continuously deepened its understanding of the situation and tasks of comprehensively and strictly administering the party, continuously deepened its understanding of the law of anti-corruption, persisted in systematic treatment, treated both symptoms and root causes, and promoted as a whole that it does not dare to be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, and does not want to be corrupt, and leads the comprehensive and strict management of the party to continuously advance in depth.
【Subtitle: January 22, 2021 The Fifth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Discipline Inspection Commission】
Xi Jinping: Adhere to the strict main tone for a long time, use the concept of systematic treatment and treatment of both symptoms and root causes to rectify discipline and fight corruption, continuously enhance the party's ability to purify, improve, renovate, and improve itself, jump out of the historical cycle rate of the rise and fall of chaos, and lead and guarantee the towering wheel of socialism with Chinese characteristics to move steadily and far.
[Commentary] Promoting as a whole that we do not dare to be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, and do not want to be corrupt is not only the basic principle of the anti-corruption struggle, but also an important strategy for comprehensively and strictly administering the party in the new era. Systematic treatment and treatment of both symptoms and root causes is an organic whole with internal unity, emphasizing the integration of punishment deterrence, institutional restraint, and awareness-raising; while severely punishing and forming a deterrent, it is necessary to firmly establish the cage of the system, standardize the operation of power, strengthen education in party spirit, enhance ideological awareness, cultivate a culture of honesty, build and improve long-term mechanisms, and improve the effectiveness of controlling corruption.
【Commentary】 The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission resolutely implement the decision-making and deployment of the Party Central Committee, summarize common problems from the cases of central management cadres investigated and handled, analyze the deep-seated causes, find problems and weak links in institutional mechanisms and supervision and management, and promote the transformation of punishment results into the transformation of the results of curing the root causes. Since 2020, the special rectification of coal-related corruption in Inner Mongolia, which has attracted great attention from public opinion, is a typical example of corruption governance in the resource field.
Liu Xuebin (Deputy Director of the 15th Review and Investigation Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission): Since 2018, with the approval of the Party Central Committee, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission has successively filed a case review and investigation against five central management cadres in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, and these corruption problems are related to coal. Through these cases, some deep-seated problems in the coal field in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region have also been exposed.
Bai Xiangqun, a former secretary of the Wuhai Municipal Party Committee and a member of the party group and vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government, was examined and investigated in April 2018 and sentenced to 16 years in prison in 2019. Of the 37 bosses who paid bribes to Bai Xiangqun, as many as 20 were involved in coal.
Bai Xiangqun (former member of the party group and vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government): In a resource-rich area like Inner Mongolia, whether entrepreneurs give you bribes or send you things, there are indeed many temptations.
Yun Guangzhong, who served as mayor and secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Ordos City, member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and secretary of the Hohhot Municipal Party Committee, was examined and investigated in June 2019 and sentenced to 14 years in prison in 2020. Of the nearly 100 million yuan in property he received from bribes, he received more than 37 million yuan from a coal-related enterprise.
Yun Guangzhong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Cpc Committee and former secretary of the Hohhot Municipal CPC Committee): In recent years, many cadres in Ordos have fallen from power, and as the "number one" of the localities, I have an unshirkable responsibility.
[Commentary] Yun Citizen, former deputy secretary of the party group and general manager of China Huadian Group Co., Ltd., former vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was examined and investigated in October 2019; in 2021, after the court's first-instance public trial, the judgment will be announced at a later date. Of the more than 400 million yuan in bribes that the court found, the vast majority were related to Inner Mongolia.
Yun Citizen (former deputy secretary of the party group and general manager of China Huadian Group Corporation): I used my power to condone them, and my son and girl are in the coal business, which is obviously my personal connections.
Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region is the world's largest open-pit coal mine, with wide distribution, large reserves and easy development. From 2002 to 2012, it was the "golden decade" of the rapid development of the mainland coal industry, and the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region also ushered in a decade of rapid economic rise. But at the same time, driven by huge interests, coal-related corruption has also intensified.
Liu Xuebin (Deputy Director of the 15th Examination and Investigation Office of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission): Some leading cadres of examination and approval departments have also taken advantage of their powers to get involved in the coal field and encroach on coal resources; some leading cadres lao tzu approve coal at the front desk, and their sons and daughters are fishing for money in the back; some leading cadres go into battle shirtless and directly use the power in their hands to obtain coal fields; some leading cadres participate in it through secret or dry stock, and seek huge interests.
[Commentary] Bai Xiangqun, Yunguangzhong, and Yun citizens have all served as "number one" in the coal-rich league cities, and one of the most important powers is the right to allocate resources. For coal business owners, whether it is to buy coal mines, replace coal fields, or promote coal conversion projects, government approval is required, which makes business owners have the need for "hunting" and also makes government officials have the conditions for rent-seeking.
Bai Xiangqun (former member of the party group and vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government): The biggest temptation is to decide, you approve this and that for the boss, you can't resist this temptation, and the final result will be Qincheng.
Yun Guangzhong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and former secretary of the Hohhot Municipal CPC Committee): It is not only the leader himself who is being hunted, but also the entire group of relatives and friends who are led. The result is that my generation, including my next generation, has not grasped the process of economic development.
【Commentary】Hengtai Coal Co., Ltd. is a private enterprise in Ordos City, and in 2010 the enterprise applied to Ordos City for a well field with larger reserves and better coal quality. In order to gain the support of Yun Guangzhong, the mayor of Ordos at the time, the company owner Tuo Lian became acquainted with Yun Guangzhong's son and wife, and after coming to the door, Yun Guangzhong's wife gave him a hint.
[Commentary] When Hao Shenhai came to the door again, he used a suitcase to drag 2 million yuan in cash at a time. Since then, he has sent money and gifts to Yun Guangzhong's wife and son many times, totaling nearly 3 million yuan. Correspondingly, Hengtai Company successfully replaced it with a high-quality well field.
[Commentary] The involvement of relatives and children of many leading cadres in the coal field is one of the prominent phenomena in coal-related corruption cases. Yun Guangzhong's son Yunlei and Yun Kaichen, the son of Yun Citizen, once colluded to do coal "business", which was essentially a huge bribe from his father in exchange for power.
Yun Kaichen (son of Yun citizen): In order to please my father or convey benefits, let us buy at a low price and sell at a high price in the form of coal.
Yun Lei (son of Yun Guangzhong): In fact, they are very familiar with my father at first of all, including KaiChen's father, and they are actually very familiar with each other. Without this resource, you can't connect, why do people give you wholesale prices?
【Commentary】A private coal enterprise in Inner Mongolia "wholesale" coal to Yunlei and Yun Kaichen at a low price, and then sold by them at a high price, the buyer is actually the company's good contact, the whole process is handled by one hand. The so-called company opened by Yunlei and Yunkaichen actually has no personnel, no equipment, no funds, and no actual business activities, and only needs to sign a contract and go through a formality to get the so-called coal price difference and collect money effortlessly.
Yun Lei (son of yun guang): I want to do this thing cleverly, try to look at it as if it is not too directly related to my father, and I must operate it.
【Commentary】Leading cadres open convenient doors for enterprises in the allocation of coal resources, project approval, etc., and enterprises open convenient doors for the relatives and children of relevant leading cadres to make profits, which seems to be legal and compliant on the surface, but in fact, the exchange of benefits is secretly completed through these "two doors". This company has been sending tens of millions of yuan in profits to Yunlei in this way for many years. Yun Guangzhong used his authority to fully support the approval and promotion of multiple projects such as coal-to-oil conversion and fire extinguishing coal.
Yun Guangzhong (former member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and former secretary of the Hohhot Municipal Party Committee): He was still willing to be hunted. In fact, it is often in the middle of project approval, using legal procedures to seek private interests, or using legal disguises and packaging to grab personal interests.
In the approval process for the allocation of coal resources, corruption breeds among some officials who hold relevant powers. The collusion between government and businessmen has undermined the normal market and regulatory order, resulting in disorderly mining, illegal mining, extensive mining, excessive mining and other chaos, and ecological and environmental problems have become increasingly prominent, seriously affecting people's livelihood.
Citizens of Wuhai City: What kind of life did the people in that place live? The doors did not dare to open, the windows did not dare to open, the floor was swept every day, and the underground layer was dark. Digging and mining indiscriminately, coal bosses have earned money, ordinary people have suffered, and the country has been damaged.
[Commentary] The problem of corruption in the coal field has also spread to other fields such as transportation, land, and real estate, and some coal bosses have become rich, and then participated in road construction, land speculation, and house speculation, and power and money transactions have also been brought into it. Yun Kaichen, the son of Yun Citizen, was involved in real estate and road engineering construction in Inner Mongolia, and Yun Citizen greeted local officials on the one hand to help his son get land, and on the other hand, instructed Huadian Group's coal company to buy housing in the son company, so that his son could quickly accumulate huge wealth.
Yun Kaichen (son of Yun citizen): Actually, I have not done business, I will not at all, many officials in Ordos are my father's old subordinates, so it is very convenient, we carry out land development or something, we give us the green light, do a lot of illegal things.
Yun Citizen (former deputy secretary of the party group and general manager of China Huadian Group Corporation): There are many people I know in Inner Mongolia, so I can help him. He needs me to say hello to him and unblock the relationship, and I'll help him talk.
[Commentary] Cloud citizens also directly use the authority of the leaders of central enterprises to make profits for their families. For example, in the coal transportation highway project in Wulanchabu City, Yun Kaichen nominally cooperated with another company to build, but in fact, only through the power of his father, he obtained a loan of 300 million yuan from the trust company under Huadian Group, and he got half of the profits of the project.
Qiu Yongsheng (businessman involved): I was in charge of construction, he loaned back the 300 million yuan, and finally I built the road here, he got a person to manage the finances, and the more than 100 million yuan was taken away by him.
A number of cases reflect that coal-related corruption in Inner Mongolia is not just a case, but has caused serious systemic damage to the coal industry, and even the entire economic, social and political ecology. With the approval of the PARTY Central Committee, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission issued a recommendation for discipline inspection and supervision, pointing out that there are four prominent problems in the field of coal resources in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, namely, obtaining and reselling coal resources in violation of laws and regulations, allocating coal resources in violation of laws and regulations, seriously polluting the local political ecology with the problem of coal-related corruption, and spreading problems in the field of coal resources.
Liu Qifan (then member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and director of the Supervision Commission of the Discipline Inspection Commission): Fundamentally, the problems in the field of coal resources are still problematic in the concept of development, and our development is up, but the ecological damage, the destruction of order, and the destruction of rules brought about by it are one big pit after another. Today, the development of Inner Mongolia is constantly paying for the past, and paying the price for the big pits dug in the past. If we do not carry out a retrospective investigation and cannot remove the roots, we will not be able to eradicate this cancer that has destroyed the political ecology of Inner Mongolia.
【Commentary】In February 2020, the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region launched a special rectification to conduct a full-factor inventory of all aspects of planning, investment review, resource allocation, environmental audit and other aspects of all coal mines in the region since 2000 to find out the bottom number of violations of laws and regulations. At the same time, we will comprehensively verify all public employees in party and government organs, public institutions, and state-owned enterprises at all levels in the region since 2000, organize more than 1.39 million party members and cadres and public employees to declare their participation in coal enterprise investment and shareholding, and then use big data to compare and investigate and punish those who have lied and concealed reports. The inventory found that most of the areas with coal, the departments that manage coal, the enterprises involved in coal, and the coal blending projects have problems of violating the law or even violating the law, and the large stock of corruption, the wide range of the scope involved, and the number of people involved are shocking.
Liu Zhanbo (Member of the Inner Mongolia Special Rectification and Supervision Responsibility Office): Coal-related corruption has grown and spread in Inner Mongolia, and the interest groups formed have become entangled, and a huge coal-related interest chain, relationship network, and co-corruption group have been derived in the autonomous region. The combination of government and businessmen has formed a trend, they have either explicitly or covertly interfered in politics and interfered with economic and social development, and the problem of coal-related corruption is not only a simple economic problem, but has become a very serious political problem.
During the "two sessions" in 2021, General Secretary Xi Jinping stressed when participating in the deliberations of the Inner Mongolia delegation that the use of the state's resources to engage in bribery and power and money transactions is always to be calculated. As of October 2021, the special rectification has investigated and dealt with a total of 736 coal-related corruption cases and 1,023 people, including 69 people at the department and bureau level and 243 people at the county and department level, investigated and handled 571 coal-related economic cases, arrested 839 criminal suspects, and recovered 52.388 billion yuan of economic losses, declaring an attitude of zero tolerance for corruption with unprecedented intensity.
Bai Xiangqun (former member of the party leading group and vice chairman of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government): I would like to dig my heart out and say two words, in the past, I could not sleep outside, especially under the anti-corruption and high pressure, if you want to sleep well, have a safe and secure tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, hurry up and surrender, don't do it again, and tell the organization about the idea of doing it.
[Commentary] While forming a deterrent, it is necessary to strengthen the restraint and supervision of power through system construction. The Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region has thoroughly analyzed the loopholes in the mechanism and system, cleaned up and abolished 863 old coal-related policy and regulation documents, and newly formulated 121 policy and regulation documents, making up for the shortcomings of the system and tightening the cage of the system. For example, in view of major risk points such as resource allocation, the new version of the Opinions on the Comprehensive Implementation of the Market-oriented Transfer of Coal Resources has been revised and issued, which further highlights the decisive role of the market in resource allocation. Another example is the newly formulated "Provisions on Regulating the Participation of Spouses, Children and Spouses of Leading Cadres in the Exploitation of Mineral Resources (for Trial Implementation)", which clarifies that leading cadres at or above the deputy section level (including the deputy section level) and the spouses, children and spouses of general public employees in relevant departments related to mineral resources development are prohibited from participating in the exploitation of mineral resources.
Liu Zhanbo (member of the Inner Mongolia Special Rectification Supervision Responsibility Office): Our cadres are easily linked to coal resources. Once it is a violation of discipline or a crime, his petty official is so greedy that you cannot imagine. Our system limits it to cadres at or above the deputy section level, which is also in line with the characteristics of our Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
On April 25, 2021, Inner Mongolia held a special teleconference, in which a warning education film analyzing the problem of corruption in the coal field was transmitted to dozens of sub-venues through signals, and the main leaders of the autonomous region and many leading cadres of various league cities and qi counties (urban areas) in the region attended the meeting at the same time, reminding leading cadres at all levels to learn from it.
Liu Qifan (then member of the Standing Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee and director of the Supervision Commission of the Discipline Inspection Commission): Through investigating cases, we have achieved not daring to be corrupt; through standardizing the system, we have realized that we cannot be corrupt; and through using cases to promote reform and warning education, we have promoted the promotion of not wanting to be corrupt. After we govern, let it enter a new norm, I think the real "golden decade" in Inner Mongolia should start from the "14th Five-Year Plan", and will only begin after governance.
[Commentary] The rule of chaos in one place and one region shows the effect of strengthening "non-corruption" through institutional governance and supervision and constraints. It is necessary to integrate the rectification of discipline and the fight against corruption with the deepening of reform, the improvement of systems, and the promotion of governance, and promote the overall advancement to enhance the comprehensive effect of anti-corruption.
Li Xianfeng (cadre of the Research Office of the State Supervision Commission of the Central Discipline Inspection Commission): Promoting as a whole does not dare to be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, and does not want to be corrupt; tightening the cage of the system is the key; over the past few years, we have promoted the "three noes" as a whole, taken the case as a lesson, promoted reform by case, and promoted the treatment of the case, promoted the establishment of rules and regulations, rectified and implemented, and effectively improved the comprehensive efficiency of controlling corruption.
Column Editor-in-Chief: Qin Hong Text Editor: Li Linwei Caption Source: CCTV Photo Editor: Shao Jing
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