China currently has more than 4,000 corrupt officials fleeing the country, with an increase in mid-level and senior cadres

China currently has more than 4,000 corrupt officials fleeing the country. The number of mid-level and senior cadres has increased. "People's Daily" Overseas Edition The flight of Chinese officials due to economic crimes began in the late 1980s...

Currently, more than 4,000 corrupt officials have fled China, and the number of mid-level and senior cadres is increasing. "People's Daily" Overseas Edition The flight of Chinese officials due to economic crimes began in the late 1980s. Analyzing many flight incidents, it is not difficult to see that amassing property? According to estimates from the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences' "Research on Major Countermeasures to Punish and Prevent Corruption in China", there are currently more than 4,000 officials in China who are at large abroad. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said that in the past 30 years, corrupt officials who have fled abroad have taken away more than 50 billion US dollars, with an average of nearly 100 million yuan per person. Judging from the level composition of the fleeing people, the number of middle- and senior-level leading cadres, especially department-level cadres, is gradually increasing. Most of the corrupt officials who fled used to be lower-ranking officials, but in recent years there has been a gradual increase in the number of higher-ranking leading cadres, such as Gao Yan, the former general manager of the State Power Company and a ministerial official, and Liu Guisu, the former director of the Hainan Provincial Department of Finance and Taxation. Judging from the occupational distribution of the expatriates, financial system staff and heads of state-owned enterprises, especially those of large and medium-sized state-owned enterprises, account for a larger proportion. According to relevant statistics, these people account for more than 70% of the total number of people who fled with money. According to anti-corruption experts, the current "promised lands" for corrupt officials with high case scores and high official positions to flee are often concentrated in immigration countries such as the United States, Australia, and Canada. In these countries, "corrupt official streets" and "corrupt children's villages" with Chinese characteristics have even been formed. In addition, some Central American countries and Pacific island countries are also regarded as havens by some corrupt officials. Some petty corrupt officials have fled to neighboring countries, such as Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, Philippines, Mongolia and Russia. In early 2010, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Ministry of Supervision, and 17 departments including the Central Organization Department, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs established an inter-ministerial joint meeting system for the coordination mechanism to prevent the flight of public officials who violate disciplines and laws, forming a joint effort to fight corruption and promote integrity. Wu Yuliang, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, recently stated that the Chinese government attaches great importance to the issue of the flight of corrupt elements and vigorously carries out overseas pursuits and recovery of stolen goods. In recent years, a number of corrupt elements who fled abroad have been arrested and brought to justice through extradition, repatriation, judicial assistance, police cooperation and other international law enforcement cooperation methods. At the same time, he also introduced that an anti-escape network is being gradually established, especially in response to the problems that have emerged in recent years such as corrupt elements using foreign investment immigration policies to obtain identities and transfer stolen money. Wu Yuliang said that the next step will be to establish and improve the system for entry and exit registration and centralized custody of documents for national staff; strengthen fund monitoring and severely crack down on illegal financial activities such as underground banks; strengthen international law enforcement cooperation and arrest corrupt elements. Mo Shijian, a professor at the China University of Political Science and Law, said recently that the Lai Changxing case has become a benchmark for cases of fugitive economic criminals due to the amount and level involved. Lai Changxing was eventually repatriated, which had a symbolic impact. This will not only declare that those fleeing economic prisoners will not be able to escape justice even if they are disguised as "political prisoners," but the fact that Lai Changxing was eventually deported after more than ten years of fleeing is to tell corrupt officials who are preparing to flee that "this road is not possible."