The effectiveness of fighting against corruption in the first half of this year is obvious to all.

CCTV News:The Party’s Report to the 20th CPC National Congress put forward that we should resolutely win the protracted war against corruption, stressing that "as long as there is soil and conditions for corruption, the anti-corruption struggle can’t stop for a moment, and we must always blow the charge". The Second Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also made arrangements for this year’s anti-corruption work. Since the first half of this year, which areas have become the focus of anti-corruption? What progress has been made in hunting tigers, flies and foxes? Let’s take a look at the anti-corruption effect in the first half of this year.

At 3: 00pm on January 6th, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported successively the news that Ji Binchang, then chairman of Qingdao CPPCC, He Zehua, former member of the Party Group and deputy director of the State Tobacco Monopoly Bureau, Wang Xuefeng, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of Hebei Provincial People’s Congress, and three middle-ranking cadres were dismissed. "Three tigers a day" has once again become the focus of society.

In the first half of this year, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has announced that 24 middle-ranking cadres have been examined and investigated, and issued a notice that 7 middle-ranking cadres have been punished by party discipline and government affairs. The website of the State Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection reported the news that more than 340 bureau-level cadres were dismissed, and more than 200 bureau-level cadres were notified by party discipline and government affairs.

Song Wei, Deputy Director of Beijing Clean Government Construction Research Base:Corruption is the biggest cancer that harms the party’s vitality and combat effectiveness. In the first half of this year, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels, in strict accordance with the decision-making arrangements of the CPC Central Committee, made concerted efforts to fight corruption and punish evil with a zero-tolerance attitude, more effectively curbed the increase of corruption, more effectively eliminated the stock of corruption, and continuously purified the political ecology. It fully reflects that as long as the soil where corruption breeds still exists, the anti-corruption struggle will never stop, and the charge must be sounded forever.

The domestic anti-corruption efforts are undiminished, the rhythm is unchanged, and the scale is not loose. The international pursuit of recovery also continues to exert its strength. In March this year, Skynet 2023 was officially launched. In the first half of the year, Wang Dongsheng, a "Hongtong personnel" who fled for nearly 9 years, returned to China to surrender; Li Xi’ an, the former director of Xi’ an Grain Bureau, was arrested and brought to justice less than two months after fleeing; Guo Jiefang, the 62nd "100 Hongtong personnel", returned to China and surrendered himself. Constantly release the strong signal that "if you escape, you must chase it and chase it to the end."

Focus on anti-corruption: state-owned enterprises’ financial grain purchase and sale and other fields

Judging from the distribution of party member cadres who lost their jobs in the first half of the year, in addition to the leading cadres of the party and government organs, there are also personnel in key areas and key positions such as state-owned enterprises, finance, grain purchase and sale. These areas with centralized power, intensive capital and rich resources are the focus of anti-corruption this year.

In January this year, Yu Zhebin, former Party Secretary, Chairman and General Manager of Panzhihua Public Transport Company in Sichuan Province, was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment and fined 400,000 yuan by Panzhihua Eastern District People’s Court for accepting bribes.

After investigation, Yu Zhebin took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others in engineering construction and bus procurement, and received money from others totaling 2.105 million yuan. Among them, nearly 1.7 million yuan came from the sales staff of bus manufacturers.

Rao Shu, Director of the Third Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Eastern District Commission for Discipline Inspection, Panzhihua City, Sichuan Province:Yu Zhebin’s case is a typical case of "relying on enterprises to eat enterprises". Through related party transactions, he connived at certain related parties to illegally undertake profitable business to earn huge profits, and used the power of project examination and approval, vehicle purchase and other rent-seeking to form a circle with unscrupulous businessmen to "eat" enterprises, get kickbacks and accept bribes, in exchange for personal gain at the expense of enterprise interests and state-owned assets, which seriously damaged the business environment and damaged the legitimate rights and interests of state-owned enterprises.

This year, anti-corruption in key areas such as state-owned enterprises, finance and grain purchase and sale continued to advance.

In the first round of the 20th Central Committee’s patrol, 30 central enterprises were routinely patrolled, and five financial institutions were patrolled "looking back". The focus of this patrol included in-depth investigation of corruption in state-owned enterprises and promotion of solving outstanding problems in the financial sector.

Since the first half of the year, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has seriously investigated and dealt with Xu Wenrong, former deputy secretary and deputy general manager of China Petroleum, Zhou Qingyu, former party secretary and vice president of China Development Bank, Li Xiaopeng, former party secretary and chairman of China Everbright Group, Liu Liange, former party secretary and chairman of China Bank, Li Dong, former party member and deputy general manager of National Energy Group, and other state-owned enterprises and middle-level cadres in the financial field, and successively released the news that six batches of central enterprise managers were examined and investigated; Discipline inspection and supervision organs around the country kept a close eye on the "granary rats" and seriously investigated and notified a number of typical cases of corruption in the field of grain purchase and sale, in order to effectively supervise the escort food safety.

Song Wei, Deputy Director of Beijing Clean Government Construction Research Base:Once problems occur in these fields, they often involve large projects and large funds, which will bring very serious adverse effects, affect our high-quality development to a certain extent, and seriously hinder the promotion of Chinese modernization. By focusing on rectifying corruption in these areas, we can promote the process of establishing rules and regulations and promote the better and high-quality development of these key areas.

Anti-corruption in sports has aroused social concern.

In addition to some key areas, there is another area of anti-corruption work in the first half of this year that has also aroused widespread concern in society.

CCTV reporter Song Wei:On March 27 this year, the list of the first round of inspections by the 20th Central Committee was announced. The news of "conducting a mobile inspection of the party group of the State Sports General Administration" quickly became a social hot spot. Less than a week later, the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection informed Du Zhaocai, then a member of the party group and deputy director of the State Sports General Administration, that he was under investigation. Anti-corruption in the field of sports has become a major focus of anti-corruption work this year.

At the conference on building a clean and honest party style and anti-corruption work in 2023 held by the State Sports General Administration in April, the relevant person in charge of the discipline inspection and supervision team of the General Sports Administration clearly pointed out some outstanding problems in the current sports field, such as the gap in the practice of "two maintenances", the weakening of the party’s leadership, the loose and soft management of the party, the lax and unrealistic discipline style, and the great risk of honesty.

Since the first half of this year, there have been a number of party member cadres in the field of sports, such as Hu Guangyu, then deputy director of the Political and Legal Department of the State Sports General Administration, Chen Xiaoyuan, then chairman of the China Football Association, Li Yuyi, then chairman of the China Football Association, Yu Hongchen, then chairman of the China Athletics Association, Liu Aijie, former chairman of the China Rowing Association and the China Canoeing Association, and Ma Chengquan, former chairman of the Super League Company.

Sun Dawei, Deputy Secretary General of China Integrity Research Center of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences:The construction of a sports power is a major strategic plan made by the party and the country with a long-term view. However, there is still a gap between the requirements of the party and the country and the expectations of the people in many sports fields, especially the management of some sports associations is chaotic, cronyism is rampant, and professional and systematic corruption appears in the football field. Discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels and relevant competent departments should resolutely punish "relying on the body to eat the body", thoroughly find out and promote the solution of corruption and deep-seated institutional mechanisms in the sports field, and provide a strong political and disciplinary style guarantee for creating a new situation in building a sports power.