2015年CRI China to Further Boost International Cooperation on Anti-Corruption Campaign: Officials

 

A series of actions have been taken in China to fight against corruption², and observers say they have made much progress.

Earlier this year, China launched an anti-corruption campaign called 'Skynet', a move designed to capture corrupt¹ officials accused of economic crimes having fled overseas.

As of the end of November, over 800 such fugitives³ have been brought back, with 1.2 billion yuan, or over 180 million U.S. dollars recovered.

Among those captured, 18 of them are also on a 'red-notice' list published during the 'Skynet' campaign detailing 100 most wanted corrupt fugitives still at large.

One of the most recent cases involved Huang Yurong, a former local official suspected of bribery⁴ in central China's Henan Province.

Huang surrendered herself to the police and returned voluntarily last week after being at large in the U.S. for 13 years.

Deng Zhaofeng, an official from China's Ministry⁵ of Public Security, said an increasing number of countries have actively⁶ cooperated and pledged to provide no harbor for such fugitives.

"We take several measures like extradition⁷, repatriation⁸, persuasion⁹ for suspects to return to China so as to seize overseas economic crimes suspects. So far, we have repatriated¹⁰ two escaped suspects from the United States, and extradited six from Italy, Greece, Bulgaria, Spain and Hungary. "

Li Chengyan, Director of Research Center for Government Integrity Building at Peking University, believed that the achievements can provide reference and experience for further deepening cooperation and creating cooperative avenues between China and other countries.

"We will unceasingly enhance research on international cooperation during manhunts in the future, and discuss carefully and conscientiously¹¹ the implementation¹² of relevant laws as well as the United Nations Convention against Corruption, including what Transparency International has contributed. All those will lay a solid foundation for our next operations."

China has concluded more than 30 extradition and 50 criminal judicial¹³ assistance treaties with other countries.

Liu Jianchao, deputy head of China's National Bureau of Corruption Prevention says the country cannot stay out of the cooperative efforts of anti-corruption and has been playing a significant role in the global anti-corruption campaign.

"First, we have strengthened bilateral¹⁴ exchanges with other countries. We also signed memorandums with more than 20 countries and more are willing to sign with us. Second, we have been active in participating in multilateral mechanisms¹⁵, forums¹⁶ and conferences to discuss international cooperation against corruption. Third, China is also playing an active role in the broader anti-corruption field."

In 2014, the Beijing Declaration on Fighting Corruption was passed at the APEC meeting held in Beijing. The first international anti-corruption initiative drafted by China.

The APEC members adopted the declaration to fight corruption through extradition, judicial assistance and more flexible legal measures. An informal network was also set up for sharing information among anti-corruption and law enforcement authorities in the Asia-Pacific region, based in Beijing.

For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.

1 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

2 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。

3 fugitives   

n.亡命者，逃命者( fugitive的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Three fugitives from the prison are still at large. 三名逃犯仍然未被抓获。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Members of the provisional government were prisoners or fugitives. 临时政府的成员或被捕或逃亡。 来自演讲部分

4 bribery   

n.贿络行为，行贿，受贿

参考例句：

• FBI found out that the senator committed bribery.美国联邦调查局查明这个参议员有受贿行为。
• He was charged with bribery.他被指控受贿。

5 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

6 actively   

adv.积极地，勤奋地

参考例句：

• During this period all the students were actively participating.在这节课中所有的学生都积极参加。
• We are actively intervening to settle a quarrel.我们正在积极调解争执。

7 extradition   

n.引渡（逃犯）

参考例句：

• The smuggler is in prison tonight,awaiting extradition to Britain.这名走私犯今晚在监狱，等待引渡到英国。
• He began to trouble concerning the extradition laws.他开始费尽心思地去想关于引渡法的问题。

8 repatriation   

n.遣送回国，归国

参考例句：

• The Volrep programme is the preferred means of repatriation. 政府认为自愿遣返计划的遣返方法较为可取。 来自互联网
• Arrange the cargo claiming and maritime affairs,crews repatriation,medical treatment,traveling so on. （六）洽办货物理赔，船舶海事处理，办理船员遣返，就医，旅游等。 来自互联网

9 persuasion   

n.劝说；说服；持有某种信仰的宗派

参考例句：

• He decided to leave only after much persuasion.经过多方劝说，他才决定离开。
• After a lot of persuasion,she agreed to go.经过多次劝说后，她同意去了。

10 repatriated   

v.把（某人）遣送回国，遣返( repatriate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• The refugees were forcibly repatriated. 难民被强制遣送回国。
• Ancient artworks were repatriated from the US to Greece. 古代艺术品从美国遣送回希腊。 来自《简明英汉词典》

11 conscientiously   

adv.凭良心地；认真地，负责尽职地；老老实实

参考例句：

• He kept silent,eating just as conscientiously but as though everything tasted alike. 他一声不吭，闷头吃着，仿佛桌上的饭菜都一个味儿。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• She discharged all the responsibilities of a minister conscientiously. 她自觉地履行部长的一切职责。 来自《简明英汉词典》

12 implementation   

n.实施，贯彻

参考例句：

• Implementation of the program is now well underway.这一项目的实施现在行情看好。

13 judicial   

adj.司法的，法庭的，审判的，明断的，公正的

参考例句：

• He is a man with a judicial mind.他是个公正的人。
• Tom takes judicial proceedings against his father.汤姆对他的父亲正式提出诉讼。

14 bilateral   

adj.双方的，两边的，两侧的

参考例句：

• They have been negotiating a bilateral trade deal.他们一直在商谈一项双边贸易协定。
• There was a wide gap between the views of the two statesmen on the bilateral cooperation.对双方合作的问题，两位政治家各自所持的看法差距甚大。

15 mechanisms   

n.机械( mechanism的名词复数 )；机械装置；[生物学] 机制；机械作用

参考例句：

• The research will provide direct insight into molecular mechanisms. 这项研究将使人能够直接地了解分子的机理。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• He explained how the two mechanisms worked. 他解释这两台机械装置是如何工作的。 来自《简明英汉词典》

16 forums   

讨论会； 座谈会； 广播专题讲话节目； 集会的公共场所( forum的名词复数 )； 论坛，讨论会，专题讨论节目； 法庭

参考例句：

• A few of the forums were being closely monitored by the administrators. 有些论坛被管理员严密监控。
• It can cast a dark cloud over these forums. 它将是的论坛上空布满乌云。