
He Guoqiang (C), secretary of the Central Discipline Inspection
Commission of the Communist Party of China, speaks during a working conference
on issues regarding the second stage for implementing the Anti-corruption
Convention of the United Nations, in Beijing, capital of China, July 22, 2008.
(Xinhua Photo)
BEIJING, July 22 (Xinhua) -- China will further increase international
cooperation in fighting corruption and actively learn useful methods and
experience from other countries, said He Guoqiang, member of the Standing
Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central
Committee, Tuesday.
"China will be more active in punishing and preventing corruption
efficiently," he said at a working conference here on issues regarding the
second stage for implementing the Anti-corruption Convention of the United
Nations.
China will show that the Party and the government can deliver on the
promises, carry out the duties set by the convention and firmly crack down on
corruption, so as to creating a sound international environment for fighting
corruption and advocating clean governance, said He, also secretary of the CPC
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).
He said the implementation of the UN convention would be integrated with
the implementation of the country's working plan for setting and perfecting the
mechanism for punishing and preventing corruption between 2008-2012.
The main content of the convention should be included in the working plan,
such as the implementation of anti-corruption responsibilities, the greater
efforts to stipulate the nation's anti-corruption laws and the opening of
anti-corruption classes in colleges, middle schools and elementary schools.
There should also be an establishment for a mechanism of international
cooperation on law enforcement, judicial assistance, repatriation of people in
exile and repatriation of funds.
He called for bringing improvement to the socialistic law system with
China's own characteristics in considering how to linkup domestic laws with the
international convention.
China should fully utilize the platform and channel provided by the
convention, actively participate in international cooperation on fighting
corruption and try to make substantial achievements in the fields of capacity
building, punishing corrupt individuals by law and recovering and repatriating
corruption-related assets.
He called for fighting against activities aimed at infringing on China's
sovereignty and interfering in the country's international affairs in the name
of battling corruption, so as to safeguard the fundamental interests of the
country.