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Zero tolerance, great progress in CPC's anti-corruption drive

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Corrupt officials caught in Web

Just as the CPC's new leadership has taken a zero tolerance stance on corruption and vowed to hold any and all violators accountable, a fierce public anti-corruption campaign has also been launched on the Internet, and several officials have been investigated and brought to justice based on evidence submitted online.

Liu Tienan, former vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission.

The demise of Liu Tienan is a good example of this.

If every CPC member and every grassroots organ has a strong sense of responsibility and does a good job, the Party will be strong, the country will be strong and people will be strong. Thus, the Party's rule will have a solid foundation.

--- Xi Jinping

July 11, 2013

On December 6, 2012, Luo Changping, deputy editor-in-chief of Caijing, a popular investigative magazine, alleged on his real-name microblog that Liu was involved in multiple offenses, including huge bank loan frauds and the fabrication of his academic qualifications.

Liu was later removed from his post and investigated for suspected "grave violations of discipline".

According to a report exposing corruption-related cases released by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences in June 2013, new media has outperformed traditional media with regard to exposing corruption.

From 2010 to 2012, 156 confirmed cases of corruption were brought to light via new media channels, such as Internet news releases, online forums, microblogs and organizations' official websites.

The figure is double the number of corruption cases exposed by traditional media, including newspapers and television, according to the Annual Report on Development of New Media in China, with most cases centering on disciplinary violations by officials, regulation violations, abuses of power and ethical issues.

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