Published by: THE WORLD UYGHUR NETWORK NEWS, May 9, 1997

Beijing Xinhua Domestic Service, 05/07/97

By reporter Duan Zhipu

Urumqi, 7 May (Xinhua) -- Urumqi recently held a meeting of cadres at

and above county and departmental levels of the city to make open cases

that 16 leading cadres with party membership at county and departmental

levels violated discipline. The meeting aroused very strong response

among local cadres and masses.

Over the last few years, Urumqi has continued to step up efforts to

improve party and government work style. While cracking down on

discipline-violation activities and punishing those involved, it has

paid attention to improving education and management. It has tried

and concluded several major and important cases that have significant

social impact. In 1993, 1994, 1995, and 1996, Urumqi respectively

punished seven, eight, 14, and 19 leading cadres at county and

departmental levels.

To enhance the large numbers of cadres' self-consciousness of honestly

performing official duties and to continue to deepen the work on

improving party and government work style, the Urumqi CPC Committee

decided to make public typical cases involving discipline violation by

16 leading cadres with party membership at county and departmental

levels.

Of the 16, 10 had been with the party for more than 20 years. Some were

veteran cadres who had received party education for more than 40 years

and some were young cadres who were recently promoted to leading

posts.

In the new situation of reform, opening up, and building a socialist

market economy, these cadres became slack in reforming their subjective

world and committed mistakes to varying degrees. The cases involved

corruption, bribery, embezzlement, serious violation of financial and

economic discipline and financial law and regulations, dining and

wining using public funds, and negligence and dereliction of duty.

Some of the cases constituted a crime and so those involved were handed

over to judicial organs for punishment according to law. Guo Baolai,

former secretary of the party committee and general manager of the

Urumqi City Petroleum and Coal Company, used his authority to accept

85,000 yuan in bribes. He was expelled from the party and sentenced to

eight years in prison by a judicial organ.