Interesting Snippets

In April 2009, the revised “Regulations on People’s Procuratorate Report” formerly extended reporting channels to the Internet and fax. Two months later, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) opened the anti-graft website 12309.gov.cn. 

So far, the website has received more than 100,000 clues and over 200,000 appeals, nearly equal to the numbers of letters and visits the SPP received in the same time… Each year, about 140,000 officials are investigated, 80 percent of whom were exposed by tip-offs… 

However, many informants prefer to turn to online forums, private blogs or non-governmental anti-graft websites…. Li Xinde, founder and manager of cnyulun.co, which claims to be the country’s most influential anti-graft website and was set up in 2003, said independence and fewer restrictions also make them popular.  ”Without restrictions from advertisers, censorship by superiors, or worries of bypassing the chain of command, we can release reports accusing any official, at any rank, as long as we have solid proof,” Li told the Global Times, saying that some journalists, people’s congress deputies and even discipline inspectors also passed materials onto him.  The website has released at least 400 cases, and Li is proud that nearly 60 percent of them were dealt with after being exposed.