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Opinion / Commentary
Implement system early
(China Daily)
Updated: 2007-09-17 07:18
The civil servants asset reporting system should be introduced as early
as possible, says an article in Beijing Youth Daily. The following is an
excerpt:
On the establishment of the national bureau of corruption prevention, Qu
Wanxiang, the deputy head, said a national system would be set up to
require civil servants to declare personal assets when the time is proper.
Under the system, civil servants at all levels would have to report to a
special department their salary incomes, investments, inherited property,
gifts and other assets. The reports would be open to public scrutiny.
Many have been calling for the introduction of such a system as an
efficient weapon to check corruption. Qu's remarks on Thursday should be
taken as a formal response to these calls.
The system will definitely help in national efforts against graft, and
the technical support, finance, media and public supervision required is
not complicated.
Some have said the reporting procedure would be too time-consuming and
would add to the administrative workload.
But these concerns should not be the standards to judge whether the time
is right for the introduction of such system. The earlier it is
introduced, the better.
Most of our civil servants are honest and reliable. They would definitely
support the system's early introduction rather than delay it. Only those
involved in graft would fear it.
Now that all conditions are in place, the corruption prevention bureau
should introduce the system as early as possible.
(China Daily 09/17/2007 page4)
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