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Chinese president Xi Jinping began an extensive anti-graft campaign in 2013. Its motto “killing tigers and swatting flies” communicated that the government would investigate high-ranking government officials (tigers) and local civil servants (flies) alike. So far, the government has looked into hundreds of thousands of civil servants and indicted more than 120 high-ranking officials – including senior officials at China National Petroleum Corporation (PetroChina), one of China’s largest state-owned enterprises (SOEs). Caixin columnist Wang Yong explains why state-owned enterprises are hotbeds for corruption and suggests ways to bring about change. getAbstract recommends this insightful article to anyone interested in the political and economic systems in China.
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Caixin columnist Wang Yong is a professor of civil and commercial economic law at the China University of Political Science and Law.
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