To deepen the implementation of the spirit of the eight provisions of the central government, we must pay close attention to the stubborn disease of eating and drinking in violation of regulations, persist in cracking down on illegal eating and drinking, strictly manage and strictly govern, resolutely prevent a rebound, and promote the overall advancement of rectification work with breakthroughs in key problems. A few days ago, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission issued a public notice on 8 typical problems of illegal eating and drinking. The details are as follows:
Yin Meigen, former deputy secretary and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial People's Congress, accepted banquets in private clubs that might affect the fair performance of official duties. From 2013 to 2023, Yin Meigen repeatedly violated the rules by accepting banquets arranged by private business owners at several private clubs in Nanchang City, and illegally accepted gifts and cash gifts such as high-end liquor from management and service recipients. Yin Meigen also had other serious violations of discipline and law, was expelled from the party, expelled from public office, and was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with the law on suspicion of crimes.
Zou Shiying, former member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Environmental Engineering Assessment Center of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, accepted banquets arranged by subordinates that might affect the fair performance of official duties, and participated in eating and drinking at public funds. From 2019 to 2023, Zou Shiying repeatedly accepted banquets arranged by the staff of the provincial and municipal ecological environment departments at high-end hotels, and the relevant expenses were borne by the staff of the lower-level ecological environment departments and private business owners; Zou Shiying received a serious warning from the party, was punished by a major demerit in government affairs, and was dismissed from office.
Liu Pingjiu, a second-level inspector of the Hainan Provincial Department of Tourism, Culture, Radio, Television and Sports, accepted banquets that might affect the fair performance of official duties. From 2012 to 2022, Liu Pingjiu repeatedly accepted banquets offered by private entrepreneurs that might affect the fair performance of official duties, and repeatedly accepted gifts such as high-end liquor from private entrepreneurs. Liu Pingjiu also had other violations of discipline and law, and was severely warned by the party and punished by the government affairs department for major demerits.
Yan Shenghong, deputy commander of the Sixth Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps and deputy mayor of Wujiaqu City, and Yin Ruoqiang, member of the party group and deputy director of the Education Bureau of the XPCC, accepted banquets in the company's internal canteen that might affect the fair performance of official duties. In March 2023, Yan Shenghong and Yin Ruoqiang illegally gathered to eat and drink in the internal canteen of a private enterprise, and the relevant expenses were paid by the private business owner. Yan Shenghong and Yin Ruoqiang were respectively punished with warnings from the party.
Pei Yang, deputy director of the Department of Natural Resources and Ecology and Environment of the Beijing Municipal Bureau of Finance, accepted banquets arranged by subordinates that might affect the fair performance of official duties. In April 2023, while serving as the deputy director of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Pei Yang accepted a banquet arranged by the staff of the Finance Bureau of a district in Beijing and the private business owner in the company's internal canteen, and the relevant expenses were borne by the private business owner, and after the banquet, he accepted gifts from the staff of the District Finance Bureau. Pei Yang was punished with a warning from the party.
The People's Court of Xinping Yi Dai Autonomous County, Yuxi City, Yunnan Province, exceeded the standard of reception, "eating official letters" and other issues. From 2019 to 2021, the Xinping County People's Court repeatedly carried out over-standard and over-range receptions, receptions without official letters, and fraudulently used blank official letters from other basic courts to reimburse over-standard expenses. Ma Wu, then secretary of the party group and president of the academy, was mainly responsible for leadership and was punished with a warning from the party.
Li Xijin, former member of the Party Committee and chief accountant of Huadian Energy Co., Ltd., accepted banquets in the internal canteen of the supplier's enterprise that might affect the fair performance of official duties. From 2016 to 2022, Li Xijin repeatedly accepted banquets arranged by suppliers in the company's internal canteen and accepted gifts from suppliers. Li Xijin received a serious warning from the party and was punished with a major demerit.
Wu Jianbin, member of the Party Committee and vice president of the Bozhou Branch of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of China Construction Bank, arbitraged public funds for eating and drinking. From 2022 to 2023, Wu Jianbin repeatedly arranged for his subordinates to obtain public funds through fictitious reception matters and other means to pay for illegal receptions and personal banquets, and accepted gifts from suppliers in violation of regulations. Wu Jianbin was severely warned and punished by the party.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission pointed out that the issue of eating and drinking is by no means a trivial matter, and it has a bearing on the party's image in the hearts of the masses. Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the trend of eating and drinking in violation of regulations has been effectively curbed, but the problem of eating and drinking against the wind still occurs from time to time, some people have hollowed out their hearts to avoid supervision, some are "exquisite" to "eat public funds" and "eat official letters", some are invisibly mutated to "eat bosses" and "eat subordinates", some hide in private clubs and other places to eat and drink, and some "use food as a game" to engage in gangs and gangs and collusion of interests. Eating and drinking in violation of regulations is the "fuse" for most violations of rules and discipline, the "catalyst" for corruption, and the great enemy of work style building. Party organizations and leading cadres at all levels must clearly understand the harmfulness of the problem of eating and drinking in violation of regulations, consciously struggle against erroneous ideas such as "the theory of subsections", "the theory of influencing development", and the "theory of special industries", strengthen the study and judgment of the problem of illegal eating and drinking in their own regions, units, and systems, carry out rectification and rectification in a targeted manner, and resolutely prevent rebound, invisible mutation, and fatigue and war weariness. Discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels should grasp the rectification of eating and drinking in violation of regulations with a high sense of responsibility, always maintain a strict tone, strict measures, and strict atmosphere, severely punish the behavior of eating and drinking against the wind, investigate and deal with the problems of intertwined wind and corruption at the same time, and carry out special and strict investigation and punishment in areas and systems where the problems are prominent. It is necessary to adhere to the integrated promotion of the "three non-corruptions", adhere to the party spirit, party style, and party discipline at the same time, run the system concept through the whole process of illegal eating and drinking, promote the completion of system and regulatory loopholes, and establish and improve long-term governance mechanisms. "May Day" and the Dragon Boat Festival holiday are approaching, we must stick to the node, through the petition report, patrol inspection, supervision and inspection, increase the intensity of open investigation and secret visits, find clues to problems through multiple channels, and seriously correct the problems that are prone to occur during festivals such as illegal eating and drinking, illegal gifts and gifts, and publicly-funded tourism, and timely report typical cases to ensure that the wind is clean and upright during the festival with strong and effective measures.
Source: The website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission
Editor/Producer: Tang Yuandong
Reviewer: Zhu Xinkai
Review: Liu Chunxiang