China, through its anti-graft watchdog the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, has intensified its efforts to track down government departments deemed responsible for the so-called zombie websites which are still online but surprisingly devoid of any updates for years already. The crackdown also includes active telephone lines that were never answered as well as governing bodies giving fake statistics to the public, a statement from the ruling Communist Party indicated on Tuesday.
A significant part of President Xi Jinping's anti-graft campaign is to fully eradicate corruption believed to have been thriving within the ranks of the government. One of the recent actions taken by the administration is to sweep off those lazy bureaucrats who have done nothing but wasting time on red tape. These are also the very people who just gave the lip service but in the truth, doesn't put into the heart the government's policies, the report from Reuters said.
Moreover, Beijing is targeting as well, those officials who conduct meetings with no clear agenda, which in effect, wasted the taxpayers' money used to pay them.
As further divulged by the London-based news outlet, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) would also go after government staff and officials who just allow zombie websites to run without providing any new updates which are supposed to help citizens get necessary information from their office.
CCDI will also likely to castigate personnel from different government agencies who just ignore telephone calls from concerned individuals asking for their help.
The Xi Jinping administration has long been reiterating its aim to fully address the needs of each citizen as much as possible.
Faking the Data
On the economic side, the Communist Party's anti-graft and corruption watchdog will hunt down officials who resort on faking statistical data in order to cover the real underlying problems of their respective constituents.
China has been hounded with issues about falsification of data especially on the country's economic work and reform.
Long before CCDI's clean-up drive, China's National Bureau of Statistics has announced its own campaign to scrutinize every data that is collected from around the country, a report said.
NBS chief Ning Jizhe told Bloomberg in an interview that the agency observes zero tolerance on any acts of data manipulation and will do everything in its authority to crack down even if it's just a remote case.
As part of its initiative to ensure data accuracy, NBS established a special commission made up of 60 people whose sole task is to verify and investigate cases of suspected fake data.
