CCTV News:On December 29th, 2017, the website of the Supervision Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported eight typical cases that violated the spirit of the eight central regulations. Among them, Liu Beixian, the former Party secretary and president of China News Agency of the State Council Overseas Chinese Affairs Office, flew in first class for many times on official business trips from 2013 to 2014, and held a daughter’s wedding banquet in violation of regulations. At the same time, he still has other serious violations of discipline, and he was expelled from the party and his retirement benefits were cancelled. As can be seen from the published resume of Liu Beixian, he retired in February 2015.
I have been retired for more than two years and can I still be filed for review? Such a case is not a case.
Zhao Shaolin, former member of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, retired for 8 years and was investigated for nearly 300 million cases.
On the morning of May 18th, 2017, Zhao Shaolin, former member of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee and Secretary-General, issued a verdict on bribery and fraudulent purchase of foreign exchange. This big tiger, who fell off his horse after eight years of retirement, was finally sentenced to four years in prison and fined 15 million. The court said that Zhao Shaolin not only voluntarily confessed the facts of the crime, actively cooperated with the recovery of the money and materials involved, but also reported other people’s major crimes, which was a major meritorious service.
It was found through trial that from 2007 to 2014, the defendant Zhao Shaolin, while serving as the general counsel of the company actually controlled by his son Zhao Jin, together with Zhao Jin, asked others to help his company illegally operate real estate projects and paid bribes worth RMB 4,448,950. Zhao Jin was helped to defraud the relevant authorities of the examination and approval documents by forging foreign trade contracts and paying fees abroad, which was used to fraudulently purchase foreign exchange and remit it abroad, totaling more than 41.7 million US dollars, about 287 million yuan.
Zhao Shaolin is on trial.
He Baolin, former deputy director of the People’s Social Security Bureau of Baoji City, Shaanxi Province: "You can help the poor after retirement."
Compared with Zhao Shaolin’s behavior, there is another way of corruption related to retirement, which is hidden and difficult to be found, but it is very harmful, so we must be vigilant. That is option corruption. The so-called option corruption refers to the fact that leading cadres use their power to seek benefits for others when they are in office, but they don’t want to "return" immediately, but they only cash in "rewards" in various forms after leaving or retiring according to private "agreements". It is similar to futures trading, in essence, corrupt officials avoid "direct" trading of power and money and try to escape the punishment of party discipline and state law.
He Baolin, the former deputy director of the Human Resources and Social Security Bureau of Baoji City, Shaanxi Province, who was over 60 years old, used his power to "greet" two hospitals in the examination and approval of medical insurance and recovery, and was sentenced to 10 years in prison for accepting bribes. According to the confession of the briber, He Baolin refused and returned the bribe, and verbally agreed with the briber: "It is not appropriate to collect money now, and you can help the poor after retirement." This is a typical option corruption.
"I have helped this boss a lot. When he wants to thank me, I told him that there is no shortage of money now. You can spend some time and play for me after I retire. Later, he gave me a bank card of 3.4 million yuan. " Fan Jianguo, the former chairman of Suizhou CPPCC in Hubei Province, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes, fully exposed the nature of corrupt officials who "can’t afford to be early without benefits".
As a "variant" of corruption, option corruption is more hidden and harmful than the instant power and money transaction of "you give me money to do things".
Some corrupt elements also regard it as a brilliant move: engaging in option corruption can not only ensure that the profits will not fail, but also "act according to the system" and avoid naked transactions, so as not to fall behind "handles". Even if others suspect, the benefits will not be "cashed" until a few years or more after leading cadres leave their jobs or retire, and the difficulty of obtaining evidence and verifying them will also increase.
Some leading cadres, after retirement, go to the enterprises that they have "helped" as executives, and get the high "salary" agreed in advance, while others directly reach out and ask for the agreed "income". Li Yongheng, the former director of Guangdong State Taxation Bureau, asked the enterprises he had cared for for for cash, real estate and other property worth nearly 9 million yuan in less than a year.
Experts say that option corruption mostly breeds in key economic fields such as land use right transfer, project bidding, property right transaction and government procurement. Once it happens, it will definitely cause great losses to state property.
Jiang Weijun, former deputy inspector of Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce, was suspected of serious violation of discipline and accepted organizational review.
On January 11th, 2018, the website of CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Supervision released a message: With the approval of Jilin Provincial Party Committee, Jiang Weijun, the former deputy inspector of Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce, was suspected of serious violation of discipline, and is currently under organizational review.
Through the published resume of Jiang Weijun, his post before retirement is in line with the expert’s analysis of the fields prone to option corruption: in September 1994, he served as deputy director of the Foreign Economic and Trade Department of Jilin Provincial Economic and Trade Commission; In August 2000, he served as Director of the Trade Market Division of Jilin Provincial Economic and Trade Commission; In June 2004, he served as Director of the Import and Export Department of Mechanical and Electrical Products of Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce; In March 2009, he served as director of the mechanical and electrical products import and export department of Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce (provincial mechanical and electrical products import and export office); In January 2016, he served as chief economist of Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce; In February 2017, he served as deputy inspector of the Jilin Provincial Department of Commerce; Retired in September 2017.
Zhuang Deshui, deputy director of Peking University Research Center for Clean Government Construction, believes that the characteristics of option corruption should be regulated from the system. For example, according to the administrative level and power characteristics of different officials, the fields of employment of officials after resignation and retirement should be clarified, so that officials can exert their residual heat without showing off their arrogance.
Governments at all levels should change their functions, simplify administration and decentralize power, fully publish the list of powers and responsibilities of local governments, so that "there is no power outside the list, but there must be something inside the list", put a "tight hoop" on power, give full play to the role of the market in resource allocation, break the "hidden rules" of corruption and rent-seeking, prevent power from entering the market, and eliminate the breeding ground of power "futures trading".
The French open is long and sparse, but it does not leak. As long as you use the power in your hands to gain illegal gains, no matter how the tricks are refurbished or how the behavior is hidden, you are doomed to escape from the "hand of justice" of party discipline and state law. Since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, China has never stopped and relaxed its efforts to crack down on corruption. In this high-pressure situation, you are advised not to stretch out your hand, and you will be caught if you stretch out your hand! (Text/Liu Shan)