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Over 1.11 mn officials probed for corruption in China
Beijing: Chinese prosecutors are probing more than 1.11 million officials besides over 8.30 lakh enterprises for complaints of corruption as President Xi Jinping stepped up his anti-graft drive invoking Mao Zedong's similar campaign decades ago.
Chinese prosecutors received more than six lakh inquiries about bribery records involving companies or individuals in the first six months registering a 76.5 per cent rise from the same period last year, the Chinese Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said in a statement.
More than 8.30 lakh enterprises, institutions and more than 1.11 million individuals were inquired, state-run China Daily quoted the SPP as saying.
Meanwhile, Xi invoked Mao's austerity drive six decades ago to advance his anti-graft drive to cleanse the party during a visit last week to the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) headquarters.
The campaign's similarity to Mao's efforts has caused unease, the South China Morning Post reported. Beijing-based political commentator Zhang Lifan said Xi's attempt to revive some of Mao's legacy underscored that the party was suffering from a lack of creativity.
"It has no other choice but to delve into some of the old doctrines even though they have had little appeal, particularly among the older generations," he said, noting growing disappointment with Xi among those who hoped for change.
"That's why we have seen his popularity go down." Zhang told Post that the "mass line" campaign could do little to shake up the party as it lacked support from low-level authorities who would condemn it as another formality.
He noted, however, that Xi could still use it as a political tool to purge undesired cadres and consolidate his power base.
Sima Nan, a leftist and conservative scholar, said that Xi's mass line campaign was less about leaning to the left, than reaffirming a fundamental party doctrine for the party.
"I have my concerns that such a campaign could become another formality as with some other campaigns because the central authorities might not necessarily bring lower-level authorities on board," Sima told the South China Morning Post said.
Over 1.11 mn officials probed for corruption in China
Beijing: Chinese prosecutors are probing more than 1.11 million officials besides over 8.30 lakh enterprises for complaints of corruption as President Xi Jinping stepped up his anti-graft drive invoking Mao Zedong's similar campaign decades ago.
Chinese prosecutors received more than six lakh inquiries about bribery records involving companies or individuals in the first six months registering a 76.5 per cent rise from the same period last year, the Chinese Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said in a statement.
More than 8.30 lakh enterprises, institutions and more than 1.11 million individuals were inquired, state-run China Daily quoted the SPP as saying.
Meanwhile, Xi invoked Mao's austerity drive six decades ago to advance his anti-graft drive to cleanse the party during a visit last week to the People's Liberation Army's (PLA) headquarters.
The campaign's similarity to Mao's efforts has caused unease, the South China Morning Post reported. Beijing-based political commentator Zhang Lifan said Xi's attempt to revive some of Mao's legacy underscored that the party was suffering from a lack of creativity.
"It has no other choice but to delve into some of the old doctrines even though they have had little appeal, particularly among the older generations," he said, noting growing disappointment with Xi among those who hoped for change.
"That's why we have seen his popularity go down." Zhang told Post that the "mass line" campaign could do little to shake up the party as it lacked support from low-level authorities who would condemn it as another formality.
He noted, however, that Xi could still use it as a political tool to purge undesired cadres and consolidate his power base.
Sima Nan, a leftist and conservative scholar, said that Xi's mass line campaign was less about leaning to the left, than reaffirming a fundamental party doctrine for the party.
"I have my concerns that such a campaign could become another formality as with some other campaigns because the central authorities might not necessarily bring lower-level authorities on board," Sima told the South China Morning Post said.
Over 1.11 mn officials probed for corruption in China
