By Xiu Mu
Translated by Wang Jing
The news of official's property report emerges again. This time, it is "specially-oriented", i.e. it only aims to newly promoted cadres. It is reported by the Xinhua News Agency that it is regulated by Heng Yang City, Hunan province that newly promoted cadres must report relevant personal materials like the annual income of their own and their family members and so on. Chinese Version>>
To be promoted, to report first. It is great, and it is great because it makes those public officers, especially those on key positions, take their posts brightly and let officials who will take important posts without any burden, avoiding the situation of "taking new posts with illness" and "being promoted with illness." In fact, there have been many cases like these. Many corrupt officials revealed by the media recently belong to the situation of "being promoted with illness." Some of them have been in a mess and a big corrupt officials on their last post, but they are still given important jobs and promoted. So, the situation of "corrupting more and being promoted more" is formed. In fact, there are many solutions and the measurement of "property report before the use of qualified people" can yet be regarded as a good one. Because, if you are appointed as a public officer, you have to withstand the examination of the public. So, you should report all your property. No matter you are an upright official with nothing or you are an upright official with huge property from labour or other legal incomes. It does not matter as long as you report. The eyes of the public is bright. There is no need to say that quite many people will not undergo the trial. Right, take down him right away. Of course, there will be people who report falsely and disguise the truth. It also does not matter, just give them sever punishment once being found out. As to this point, it would be well if we learn from developed countries. Running for public officers in their countries, to speak it seriously, will undergo the trial of "purgatory." things as tiny as sesame and bloomers as small as the needle eye will also be publicized, enlarged and investigated. At least, it is formally so. Of course, to some extent, the aim of examining the party effectively can be realized according to the method of procedure and it is also an effective measure to supervise and manage public officers with the engagement of the public. Either report or announcement, it is workable. Or , this can not be treated as the shock news and reported repeatedly.
What I want to say more is what will be done after the report? We should, of course, to check after the report and make the announcement after the checking. This is the real examination, instead of becoming formalistic and a round of loud noisy propaganda. We should not turn it into a "political show". Investigation like this will probably receive unexpected effects and we can not assure whether it may find out some corrupt officials. If so, there is no harm to announce them together in order to warn others. This is the first level of the meaning of the"inspection" in "report and inspection".
There is another important meaning for us to grasp rightly the meaning of inspection in "report and inspection". That is the dynamic investigation of "report". I mean another report announcement should be held after some time of the first one. For example, we can hold annual report and annual announcement with the assistant of single report and announcement in special moments like transfer or promotion. In this way, we the public officers and public authority can be put under the supervision of organizations, public opinions and civilians and a full range and dynamic supervision can be held. Take Heng Yang this time for example, after the procedure of report in time, even newly promoted officials can undergo the trial of announcement and appointment, another round of test will come after some time. Just like A Letai of Xin Jiang province in the early time of this year, a second report will be requested for the property report officers at the end of the year . True gold does not fear fire. A clear conscience fear not false accusation. In this way, civilians can play the real role of supervision.
There is an old saying that there is nothing that has not a beginning, but very rare of them has a complete end. Everything is afraid of good in the beginning but bad in the end. The communist party has been paying great attention to seriousness. It is also true as to the officials' property report.