NCJ Number
111478
Journal
Police Studies Volume: 11 Issue: 1 Dated: (Spring 1988) Pages: 38-43
Date Published
1988
Length
6 pages
Annotation
In the People's Republic of China, official corruption accounts for a high percentage of all cases of economic crime, and serious cases occur at a great rate for all types of corruption: extortion, bribery, theft, fraud, and embezzlement.
Abstract
Most offenders are State personnel. In 1986, China's procuratorial organs disposed of 39,659 cases of corruption. The People's Procuratorates at all levels take special responsibility for the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and punishment of all types of corruption. The basic principles underlying their anticorruption work include independent exercise of power and equality in the application of the law. In addition, processing of such cases is based on firm social foundations in which facts provide the basis and law provides the criterion for action. These principles have resulted in combatting corruption in China, thus, not only strengthening society, but also providing an improved environment for foreign investment and economic revitalization. In view of the international nature of some forms of corruption, the Procuratorates also hope to establish relations and cooperate with anticorruption agencies of other nations.