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发表于 2016-7-11 09:37:37
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VIII. Keeping the Government Strictly in Line and Making Greater
Efforts
to Develop the Government Itself
The government should be strict with itself in carrying out its official
duties in accordance with the law and try to be honest, diligent, pragmatic and
efficient. We must intensify our efforts to improve our political and
ideological competence and work style, formulate essential rules and regulations
and carry out institutional restructuring, concentrating on the following
tasks.
Greater efforts should be made to fight corruption and build a clean and
honest government. Our government is a people’s government. Honesty in the
performance of official duties is the minimum requirement for governments at all
levels. All government functionaries should serve the people wholeheartedly and
must be clean and honest. Over the past few years we have made notable
achievements in fighting corruption and building a clean and honest government,
but we still fall far short of what the central authorities require of us and
what the people expect of us. Fighting corruption is still a tough task. We must
take more effective measures and make unremitting efforts to fight corruption
and build a clean and honest government. First, we should continue to strictly
follow the Code of Conduct for Building a Clean and Honest Government and other
regulations formulated by the CPC Central Committee and work hard to ensure that
leading cadres are clean, honest and self-disciplined. Government functionaries
at all levels must observe relevant regulations and laws and, in particular,
leading cadres should stay clean and honest and self-disciplined and be sure
that their relatives and office staff do the same. The regulations prohibiting
leading cadres from illegally taking advantage of their power and position in
the interests of their spouses or children must be strictly implemented. When
this kind of case occurs, the leading cadres and other people involved in the
case must be held responsible. Second, we must strictly investigate and
prosecute all types of cases involving violation of laws and regulations,
concentrating particularly on major cases. We should focus on cases in which
government departments at all levels or leading cadres at and above the county
level are involved in violation of laws and codes of conduct, and make greater
efforts to deal with cases involving violations of laws and codes of conduct in
banking, securities, construction projects, approval for land leasing and
subleasing and material purchases. We should also carefully investigate and
prosecute cases involving senior managerial staff in state-owned enterprises who
violate laws or codes of conduct and cause huge losses of state assets. All
major cases, no matter which department or who is involved, must be thoroughly
investigated, and corrupt officials must be severely punished. Third, we should
continue to vigorously work to correct unhealthy tendencies in government
departments and industries. We should focus on solving outstanding problems of
great concern to the general public. Supervision needs to be strengthened to
ensure that laws and codes of conduct are strictly enforced. Reform of the
administration and management system should be deepened to strengthen
supervision and restraint mechanisms. We should implement the government
procurement system, accountant assignment system and auditing system for
determining the economic responsibility of leading cadres below the county
level. Efforts to prevent and control corruption at the source should be
strengthened. We should earnestly work to implement the leading cadre
responsibility system for building a clean government.
We must practice strict economy and combat extravagance and waste. In the
present changing circumstances, we should continue to carry forward our fine
tradition of building the country and handling all affairs through diligence and
frugality. Governments and functionaries at all levels must have an awareness of
hardship and maintain a sense of frugality, always keeping in mind the interests
of the country and the people. We must resolutely put an end to the
extravagance, waste and squandering seen in some areas, departments and
institutions. Governments at all levels should continue to implement relevant
regulations to curb expansion or construction of office buildings, not allowing
any new luxury building projects to be launched. Departments under the State
Council should play an exemplary role in this regard. Cases of misuse of public
funds and institutional spending in violation of relevant regulations must be
strictly investigated and prosecuted. Government officials travel, entertain and
dine in a luxurious style at public expenses in the name of all sorts of
invented activities such as "festival" celebrations, ribbon-cutting ceremonies
and standards inspections. This wastes money and manpower and arouses the
indignation of the people. Such practices must be resolutely stopped.
We should further transform the functions of the government and carry
forward reform of government institutions. Departments under the State Council
should consolidate the results of institutional reform. Local governments should
intensify their institutional reform in line with the arrangements and
requirements of the central authorities. We should streamline our administration
and establish a highly-efficient, well-coordinated and standardized
administrative system and operating mechanism through reform. Government
institutions should perform their duties in strict accordance with the limits of
authority and procedures as prescribed by law, and institute and improve a
system of work responsibility. We should strengthen publicity and education
about law. According to the requirements set by the CPC Central Committee, all
the departments under the State Council and governments at provincial and
prefectural levels should consolidate their achievements in the education about
the importance of studying, being political-minded and being honest and upright.
Rectification measures should be implemented in earnest. In addition, this
education should be carefully carried out at the county level. Governments and
government functionaries at all levels should bear in mind that they are
servants of the people. They should maintain close ties with the masses, listen
to their opinions and show concern for their weal and woe. We should especially
show our concern these days for those who are experiencing difficulties in their
life and do everything possible to help them overcome their difficulties. We
should continue to improve and exercise a civil service system and enhance the
political integrity and professional competence of public servants.
Governments at all levels must conscientiously subject themselves to the
supervision of the people’s congresses at the corresponding levels and their
standing committees, take the initiative to strengthen contacts with the
committees of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference at all
levels, and earnestly listen to the views of the democratic parties, federations
of industry and commerce, prominent persons without party affiliation and mass
organizations. We should make government affairs public, encourage people to
exercise supervision over the work of the government and its functionaries in
accordance with the law, and bring the supervisory role of public opinion into
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