Protesting CCP corruption, abuse of power, and trampling of human rights.(Xi Ming / Dajiyuan)
October 28, 2024– The CCP recently released anti-corruption statistics for January to September of this year, showing that not only are more high-ranking officials being taken down, but village-level secretaries and directors under investigation have already exceeded the total from last year. The phenomenon of “the more anti-corruption, the more corruption” by the CCP has sparked heated online discussion.
The CCP’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and the National Supervisory Commission recently released anti-corruption statistics for January to September. Nationally, 642,000 cases were filed, including 58 at the provincial and ministerial levels, 3,263 at the department level, 26,000 at the county level, and 89,000 at the township level; cases were filed against 77,000 current or former village party branch secretaries and village committee directors.
Of these, 77,000 cases were filed against current or former village party branch secretaries and village committee directors between January and September. This figure has already surpassed the total number of similar cases for all of last year (61,000 people).
In addition, during the first nine months of this year, 589,000 people were disciplined nationwide, including 53 at the provincial and ministerial levels. In the first nine months of 2023, only 34 provincial and ministerial officials were disciplined.
On October 25, Gansu Province Vice Governor Zhao Jinyun was investigated. State media reported that by the time Zhao Jinyun was taken down, at least 50 central management officials (CCP officials appointed by the central authorities) had been investigated from January to October this year. In all of 2023, 87 central management officials had cases filed against them, while in 2022, there were only 32.
The official anti-corruption statistics have sparked widespread discussion among netizens in mainland China:
On Weibo, some netizens calculated the cases involving village officials: “In other words, from last year to now, more than 150,000 people have been investigated and cases filed. China has approximately 662,238 administrative villages, with around 660,000 village directors. Some may also serve as secretaries, or it might be two separate individuals. On average, one village leader out of every four has been caught within the past two years…”
Some netizens commented: “It reflects an issue of power checks and balances. Whoever sits in that position is likely to get into trouble; human nature can't withstand the test.” “That 77,000 people have been investigated from the village to the subdistrict office level indicates that even the smallest village official has considerable room for corruption.”
"The total number is 662,238, with 77,000 dealt with—about one in ten is corrupt! It seems that in our area, village officials never get handled by the Discipline Inspection Commission! I’ve never heard of village officials being disciplined! I seriously doubt this number!" "I’m worried there won’t be enough space in prisons." "Should they be praised or criticized?"
Lawyer Zhu Xixin said, “The economy is bad now, so they’re taking out the deposits kept by these individuals.”
A source working in a municipal government in Zhejiang recently disclosed to Epoch Times details of salary cuts among civil servants, revealing that the CCP, in its financial desperation, is pushing a “corrupt officials’ economy” and preparing to build more prisons to detain people on a larger scale.
On the overseas X platform, the CCP’s anti-corruption “achievements” also sparked discussion:
Powerhouse: “How many corrupt officials have been punished and detained over the years? What a rotten organization and government—truly one of a kind on Earth.”
Soul Belongs to Freedom: “A CCP specialty!”
Reykjavik: “Every day, Chairman Xi flaunts how many flies he’s swatted in that foul-smelling toilet.”
An Economist: “589,000 people. The CCP’s stench—really, even a septic tank doesn’t smell as bad.”
ben3nt: “Why is the crime rate among officials so high?”
Former CCDI writer Wang Youqun recently wrote an article for Epoch Times highlighting several characteristics of the CCP’s anti-corruption campaign, such as the paradoxical “more anti-corruption, more corruption,” with increasingly larger amounts involved. He points out that the top-level backer of the most severely corrupt figures in the CCP’s party, government, and military, Jiang Zemin, is still regarded as a “great Marxist.”
The article noted that Xi’s anti-corruption campaign has been ongoing for 12 years, but the CCP’s system itself is a breeding ground for corruption, with the cancer of CCP corruption now spreading throughout the entire body with no cure.
U.S.-based political scientist Wang Juntao previously told Epoch Times that those who study political science know that absolute power leads to corruption. “The high concentration of power under Xi Jinping is actually creating the most favorable conditions for corruption. This anti-corruption campaign is doomed to fail.”
Editor: Lin Congwen
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