The Central Discipline Inspection Commission (CDIC) newspaper, CDIC Daily (February 14)
published an important article on the "Regulations on the Reporting of Personal Matters by
Leading Cadres", highlighting the importance of leading cadres "disclosing personal matters".
It reminded Party members and cadres that "whether or not to report personal matters to the
party organization truthfully is the touchstone to test whether the leading cadres are loyal and
honest to the party." It mentioned that 2021 was the first year of institutionalization of the
"sweep away black and eliminate evil" campaign and that since the beginning of 2022, 3
leading cadres are already under investigation for failing to do this. It also listed 9,931 cases of
corruption and "protection umbrella" (where officials protect criminals) issues and dealt with
other issues related to "gangsterism". A number of provincial cadres were mentioned. The
article cautioned cadres to voluntarily disclose their dealings in real estate, stock investment, running businesses, and going abroad as "In the era of big data, there are advanced
technological means, and the traces of your crime will never be erased. The organization is
very insightful and very clear about all this. So, you want to be clever and be smart, but you
will be punished. A stupid thing that is clever and wrong is actually stealing the bell." It asserted
that the instructions include their "marriage, spouse, children emigration, employment, income,
real estate, investment and other matters".
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