Anti-Graft Unit To Launch 'Targeted' Inspections On China's SOEs

Wang Qishan At The Meeting Of The Inspection Diclipine In Beijing On November 18.

The Communist Party Central Committee of China for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is configured to move from a focus on conventional inspections "special" or specific inspections, which will be aimed at specific incidents, individuals, projects or funds, according to Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao, citing comments from the secretary of the commission, Wang Qishan, at a press disciplinary control on 18 November.

Commentators said that these inspections will be different from previous methods, which will have a specific goal and can maintain case information secret. Research will also be carried out over a shorter period of time and this will reduce costs and improve efficiency. The commission said 13 SOEs, including China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), China Unicom and China Southern Airlines will be subject to these specific inspections.

Wang was quoted by Xinhua news agency as saying the Communist Party of China (CPC) must police itself through these central inspections discipline, adding that a new system of organization and a new transfer to selective inspection would be required methodology, to provide a real game to corruption deterrence. He said that inspections are the largest within the party tool to increase efficiency.

Media from mainland China have reported that since the beginning of the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in November 2012, the four rounds of inspections conducted by the Central Disciplinary Committee have covered all 22 provinces of China, 4 municipalities at the provincial level and five autonomous regions, eradicate corrupt senior officials, including Su Rong, former vice chairman of the National Committee of the Political Consultative Conference of the Chinese People (CPPCC), former party secretary of Yunnan Bai Enpei, former party secretary of Guangzhou Wan Qingliang and former vice-governor of the province of Hainan Tan Li.

Selective inspections have about a month, a large reduction of conventional inspections as-nozzle Communist People's Daily Match citing comments from the vice-secretary of the commission Zhang Jun Targeted inspections shall not be bound by the procedures of complex workflow and focus on important issues. In addition to the SOEs, the third round of special inspections this year, will also include the Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Environmental Protection, the China Association for Science and Technology, the National Federation of Industry and Commerce, Radio China International, China State Shipbuilding Corporation, China Shipping Group, China Huadian Corporation, Dongfeng Motors and Shenhua Group.

Wang Yukai, a professor at the National School of Administration of China, said that in conventional inspections, teams are sent to the provincial-level regions for two months, at which accept complaints and try to get an understanding of local feeling to through conducting public forums. These are not so focused on a specific goal. As the campaign against corruption continues, the role of selective inspections will become more prominent. Although they are not comprehensive, they are able to focus on potential customers and so they can learn the intricacies of a major case more quickly, he said.

"[The objectives of inspections] could quite possibly not know they have been targeted. There are different ways of working between different inspection teams. When conventional research team arrives, everyone can make complaints, but inspections specific work on a person-to-person by the base case. You could say the target of inspection, or maybe not. Many senior officials have been arrested during meetings, suggesting that they were completely in the dark. Its working methods will be determined by the tracks that are in their inspections, "Wang said.

China's Graft Inspection To Target State-Owned Groups

BEIJING, Nov. 14 - Business and public service groups supervised by the Communist Party of China (CPC) and government departments will face a new round of inspections disciplinary premier amid China's anti-corruption unit.

"In the last two years, inspection teams have covered the central Party and government departments at the provincial level. Then focus on organizations supervised by the central authorities," said Wang Ying, a senior official of the inspection team center, said Friday in an online interview.

Anti-corruption measures established by the CPC and disciplinary inspections by higher authorities have played a major role in the discovery and correction of misconduct since the new leadership was inaugurated in 2012.

Wang refused to reveal the time and duration of the next inspection, but said some departments of the Party and government are rechecked.

In addition to party and local government units, the previous four rounds of inspections stations also covered seven public service institutes Six SOEs and the two universities.

Inspection stations were responsible for the downfall of corrupt officials including Su Rong, former Vice President of the Popular Committee of China's Political Consultative Conference, the top political advisory body.

China Said To Discuss Changes To U.S. Grain Import Inspections

Chinese regulators discussed changes in inspection requirements for shipments of corn byproducts United States, according to four people with direct knowledge.

Imports of dried distillers grains currently require government certification that contain 162 MIR, a variety of genetically modified maize. Regulators extend the analyzes to third inspection regime at a meeting with industry officials in Beijing last week, said the four people, who declined to be identified because the talks were private.

China is the largest buyer of DDGS, which is used in animal feed and produced when corn is stripped of starch for ethanol production. The country began to refuse shipments of maize and derived products containing MIR 162 in November.

Chinese officials discussed inspections using a method chain reaction polymerase, the people said. This process involves the replication of a small sample of genetic material for the presence of specific genes. Shipments would still be subject to further inspection in China, according to the people. There was no final agreement and further meetings have been scheduled yet, said.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision Office in Beijing did not respond to a request for comment sent by fax. Bryan Lohmar, director of the Grains Council of the United States in China, declined to comment. Sally Klusaritz a Washington-based spokesman for the Department of Agriculture of the United States, did not immediately respond to a request for comment sent outside normal business hours.

China: Finding New Resources For Cheap, Quality Labor

China is finding new places in the world to the resources of cheap labor, quality and one of the countries that is found in Ethiopia. A factory owner said that Ethiopia reminded China 30 years ago, and that Ethiopia is ripe for change. However, poor infrastructure, inefficient local government and lower productivity is weighing on the minds of the factory owner, who expressed frustration with the fact that production levels at its factory in Ethiopia is not in the expected levels Chinese workers produce.



Transport and logistics cost as much as four times those of China, due to Ethiopia from a developing country. You take two hours for trucks that supply oil and goods to get 18 miles to the factory, due to bad roads. Cattle often roam near the road and even into the bumper to bumper traffic.

There is potential in Ethiopia. 80 percent of Ethiopia's workforce is in agriculture. With the second largest population in Africa, there is no shortage of workers here. China, however, is seeing its workforce to dry. Africa may become the new China, with global investors from countries like Tanzania, Rwanda and Senegal looking. This could be of great help to Africa; you can easily fill some of the 80 million jobs projected to export from China. Justin Lin, former World Bank chief economist, says China manufacturers are losing competitiveness. Interior regions of China have exploited workers dry, causing China to lose its appeal.

China, however, is to find new resources for cheap labor but quality. The Chinese government has decided to provide more professional migrant workers from inland training, increasing their income and creating a workforce of high quality China is key to maintain and improve its position as a major exporter of goods. The State Council of China is also implementing a plan to improve services to migrant workers and improve their professional skills.

The Chinese government is studying ways to improve the marketability of students who do not finish high school, offering students the opportunity to receive an education in a vocational school. This will provide a higher quality of labor to China, and improve the chances that these students are better paid job with better working conditions. China's plan is that all migrant workers receive training by 2020, enabling them to acquire the skills necessary to advance socioeconomically.

Lack of skills in the workforce has been noted by the Chinese human resources executives, who have a growing number of clients seeking experienced workers. This leaves companies with the opportunity to partner with these vocational schools for the best students working in their factories. Another aspect that companies are looking for is building more factories in most inner cities, put workers in closer proximity to their villages. This is giving employees time to spend with their families, and to send their children to school without having to miss the daily interaction with them. China's plan to find new, cheap and high quality resources of labor marks a change in strategy towards economic growth and development, and shows a more compassionate side to view defamed the world is the way it treat their workers.

China Probes 581 Firms, Restaurants As Food Safety Scare Spreads

A security personnel stands guard in front of the processing plants food inspection site in Langfang, Hebei Province, July 23, 2014. Shanghai Police said Wednesday they arrested five people in an investigation of a China-based provider of foreign fast food brands, including KFC and McDonalds Corp over allegations the company supplies out of date meat.




(Reuters) - China's food regulator has visited nearly 600 restaurants, shops and food distributors, and investigating a scare rapid spread of food security has been extended in a number of global and local food brands hit so far away as Japan.

Shanghai police detained five people Wednesday, including the head and the head of Shanghai Husi quality food, a China-based provider of foreign fast food brands, including KFC, McDonalds Corp and Starbucks coffee chain Corp over allegations that supplies meat out of date. Shanghai Food Husi is owned by Illinois-based OSI Group.

Yum Brands Inc, owner of KFC and Pizza Hut, cut ties with OSI and McDonald said the offer facilities for the new Shanghai plant OSI in the east-central province of Henan budge.

The Municipal Shanghai Food and Drug Administration said in a statement that visited 581 related to the suspected food using expired meat from Shanghai Husi Foods facilities, and sent 875 personnel to conduct inspections.

Chinese police, local government and prosecutors are also involved in the case. Police have given more details about the detainees.

The scandal erupted after a television report on Sunday showed the staff at Shanghai Food Husi using expired meat while and gather food from the ground to re-add to the mix. Some former staff in the facility has told Reuters that supervision was lax plant, although other workers OSI management unit and those rules were very strict.

OSI said in a statement that local Chinese officials have inspected all other facilities in China and found no problems. The company apologized to its customers in China in a statement Wednesday. "What happened in Shanghai Husi is completely unacceptable. Going to bear the responsibility for these errors, and will be sure that does not happen again," said Chairman and CEO Sheldon Lavin.

McDonalds Japanese convenience stores and FamilyMart Co Ltd said they had taken some products from their shelves in Japan, which had been supplied by Shanghai Husi.

Chinese consumers are sensitive to food safety after scare a mortal milk scandal in 2008. KFC Yum saw slump in sales after a security scare food at the end of 2012 while Wal-Mart Stores Inc was attacked earlier this year from contaminated meat products.

Ten Provinces Among Targets Of Latest Anti-Graft Inspections

Researchers will also be sent to the institute of higher research and major automaker state-owned

Wang Qishan, secretary of the CCDI, said inspectors could investigate any location, department, company or sector in which suspected severe graft. Photo: Xinhua

Anticorruption chief mainland promised zero tolerance for corruption announces the latest round of inspections of equipment.



Wang Qishan, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), said the new round was held to 10 provincial-level governments, a national body, top research institute in the mainland and a company owned state, China News Service reported.

It would be the fourth round of raids since May last year.

The inspectors fan out to Guangxi, Shanghai, Qinghai, Tibet, Zhejiang, Hebei, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Sichuan and Jiangsu. Special research projects would also be held at the State Sports General Administration, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese state-owned FAW Group.

Wang said the inspectors could investigate any location, department, company or sector in which suspected severe graft.

The promise was that two senior officials from the mainland were demoted and stripped of his party membership of serious violations of discipline, said the anti-corruption agency.

The move is unusual because officials suspected of corruption tend to be handed over to prosecutors, but observers said the investigation could continue. Zhao Zhiyong, general secretary of Jiangxi Provincial Committee of the Communist Party, and Zhang Tianxin, former party chief of Kunming in Yunnan, had committed "serious violations of discipline," the anti-corruption monitoring agency announced on its website yesterday.

Zhao was demoted to an entry level position, while Zhang was given a ceremonial post as deputy chief of the section - the third lowest of the bureaucracy of the mainland.

Was found to have taken advantage of their position for personal gain. Malpractice Zhang had also caused the loss of state assets, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said.

Their illicit gains were confiscated, the statement said, without elaborating. The agency did not say whether the two would be handed over to the judicial authorities.

An official of the discipline, who requested anonymity, said the two officials cooperated with the investigation and offered to return their profits, which could explain why only were degraded.

Chinese Police Inspect Gas Stations Amid Anti-Terror Campaign

Beijing: Beijing Police today began inspecting about 1,000 service stations in its latest move to end terrorism in the restive province of Xinjiang.

Over 100 teams will verify the safety inspection stations, as well as the management of petroleum products there, a police spokesman told the state news agency Xinhua.

Gas stations have banned refueling vehicles without license plates or registration plates of their covers, he said.



Special personnel shall be appointed to take care of the fuel pumps from which guests serve themselves while motorcyclists and disabled also designated staff to help refuel their vehicles, he added.

Customers are required to provide the relevant documents issued by the local police department before you buy gasoline in bulk, and asked staff not to refuel vehicles before making sure that the number plate of the vehicle is consistent with the number of the license.

"Gas stations are where flammable and explosive materials are stored, and it is necessary to ensure security there," the spokesman said.

Beijing police have strengthened efforts to combat terrorism following a series of terrorist attacks in the country.

China blames East Turkestan Islamic Movement (ETIM) for attacks in Xinjiang and the rest of the country.

On Monday, police in Beijing awarded 10,000 yuan (USD 1,600) a citizen to provide information about the smuggling of gasoline in the Daxing district of the capital.

Meanwhile, police are offering 50,000 yuan for providing puffs on illegal activities, including printing books on extremism, knives sale prohibited by the police, and the manufacture of explosive devices.

CPC Highlights Disciplinary Inspection Reforms

BEIJING, June 30 (Xinhua) - The Communist Party of China (CPC) said its reforms of disciplinary inspection, as well as four former senior officials of the country were expelled from the party.

At a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee a plan of implementation of these reforms inspection, according to a statement issued after the meeting chaired by the Secretary General of the Central Committee of the CPC, Xi Jinping approved Monday.



No details of the reform plan were included in the statement.

Monday's meeting came as China's anti-corruption unit reached a new crescendo as four former senior officials were expelled from the CPC one day before his 93rd birthday.

Xu Caihou, former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission of China, Jiang Jiemin, the former head of the State Property Committee on Supervision and Administration, Li Dongsheng, former Vice Minister of Public Security and Wang Yongchun, former deputy director general of the National Commission of China Petroleum Corporation, were expelled from the CCP, the Party Central Committee announced.

Calling reforms CPC discipline inspection a vital component of China's current campaign to deepen reforms, the Charter calls on staff at all levels to exercise self-discipline and preserve their moral integrity.

They must also take the initiative in improving their working style, building a clean government and fighting corruption, he said, adding that the secretaries of Party committees should be the primary responsibility in these areas.

Those who derelict their duties and will fail to improve the Party's work style and building a clean government will be held accountable, he added.

The statement also highlighted a dual leadership scheme designed to give more power to discipline inspection agencies.

Under this scheme, the local discipline inspection agencies should inform not only the Party committees at the same level, but also to control their body’s higher level in the investigation of cases.

The declaration calls for strengthening the leadership of senior agency disciplinary control over subordinates, adding that inspectors should also be sent to the highest level of the Party and state organs.

Also approved at the meeting on Monday was a document that contains the views of the CPC Central Committee on reform of the household registration system in China.

The statement called for orderly and good public services to be accessible to all people living in cities urbanization.

Competition, Tighter Inspections Hurting China Seafood Exports

The stricter inspection standards in key export markets as well as strong competition from Vietnam are seriously damaging Chinese seafood exports, which fell in the first quarter of 2014, according to a key government quality and quarantine watchdog.

The decline in export markets, "technical trade" and other problems faced by exporters of fishery products from China "can not be ignored," according to a recent article in the China Gateway (Zhongguo Guomen) published by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ). article aims to Chinese customs statistics show that from January to April this year, China's exports of 1.14 million metric tons (MT) of aquatic products, worth USD 5.9 billion (EUR 4.4 million), fell 5.9 percent and 3.3 percent, respectively, year after year.

The AQSIQ article - it promotes a better quality of Chinese exports and oversees quarantine and import quality - points to the newly strict inspection measures imposed by the U.S., EU, Russia, South Korea exports of aquatic products in China. In particular, it points to the new more stringent control measures in Korea, said that took effect on January 1. The article describes the AQSIQ ten categories of "pharmaceutically active substances" focused on Korea, including nitrofurans, chloramphenicol and malachite green benzopyrene.

The other major threat facing China's seafood exports, as the AQSIQ sees it, is competition from Southeast Asia - particularly Vietnam.

The article states that "the rapid development of aquaculture exports from Thailand and Vietnam and other Southeast Asian countries, is shifting our market share," and points to the official data of Vietnam for the first four months of this year show Vietnam It exported USD 22 billion (EUR 16 billion) dollars in aquatic products, an increase of 31.2 percent. "Exports to the U.S. increased 85 percent year on year to U.S. $ 547 million (403 million euros), accounting for 24.59 percent of total seafood exports of Vietnam ... while exports to Japan increased by 19 percent and exports to South Korea grew by 56.1 percent.” AQSIQ points to an ambitious goal of Vietnam. Increase exports to USD 8 billion (6000 million) to U.S. $ 9 billion (6.6 billion euros) 2020 "This will take some of our [China] market share."

China also runs the risk of losing market share because their costs of aquaculture continue to rise, due to increased labor and feed prices, according to the report of the AQSIQ. Is distinguished rises in the cost of fishmeal which he said rose up to 600 CNY ($ 96, 71 euros) per tonne so far this year, putting it at CNY 10,200 (USD 1,636 / EUR 1,206) per ton high grade Peruvian fishmeal.

Interestingly, the AQSIQ said the lack of well-known national brands of Chinese seafood and the need to do more value added to keep more of the value of exports of processed seafood in Chinese hands. What terms AQSIQ "profound transformation" currently represents less than 30 percent of exports of products made in China. AQSIQ is advising companies to improve their processing equipment, improve self-regulation of antibiotic residues while developing new export markets.

ACWF President Makes Inspection Tour To Guangxi

Shen Yueyue, President of the Women's Federation of China (FNM), made an inspection visit to Baise City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China to visit local children and send their best wishes to them before International Children's Day.



Shen Yueyue ACWF along with other officials visited a primary school in the rural area around the city of Baise. This school has been recognized by the federation of local women as "Happy Children's Home". Shen attended the recognition ceremony held at the school. Shen said at the ceremony that the FNM has donated 2.2 million yuan (U.S. $ 350,000) for the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. At the donation ceremony, Shen encouraged local children to study hard and get ready to make contributions to China's development.

During the inspection, Shen said the Communist Party of China (CPC) and the State Council put a high regard on the health and development of children and have adopted a series of laws and policies to protect the rights of children and promote development of children, adding that women's federations at all levels must be fully aware of the importance of the issues of children and work hard to deal with children's issues.

During the inspection visit, shen also went to visit the communities of citizen based in Nanning, capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Shen contacted volunteers, ordinary citizens and officials of the federation of local women and listened to their advice about the work of women's federations. Shen said that women's federations should give a better service to citizens that serve basis and is a vital part of the work of the women's federation.

During the inspection visit, Shen also exchanged ideas with senior officials of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region and thought highly of the achievements made by the Guangxi Women's Federation.

Vice President and member of the Secretariat of the FNM Zhao Donghua also joined the inspection tour.




Shen Yueyue, President of the Women's Federation of China (FNM), made an inspection tour of Baise City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China to visit local children and send their best wishes to them before the International Children's Day. [China Women's News / Yang Rui]



Shen Yueyue, President of the Women's Federation of China (FNM), made an inspection tour of Baise City in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region of China to visit local children and send their best wishes to them before the International Children's Day. [China Women's News / Yang Rui]

How To Verify A Chinese Company’s Legitimacy

I have a lot of emails asking “how do you check that the company is legitimate?” And usually I give the following advice.

The first question to ask is "where the company is located?” Many providers use a company name Hong Kong and give an address on the continent (often in Shenzhen) . Based on the name of the company often I can imagine where it is based, but that's not easy for most foreign buyers.

If the company is located in Hong Kong, the importer can find plenty of advice background checks on businesses in Hong Kong.

If the company is located in China, the relevant article is 6 tips for background checks on the Chinese suppliers. But I realized that I do not cover all sources of information in this article.

This weekend I read through past articles of China checkup, and I found some great resources. Here are some of them.

Chinese business license: an introduction
usually, a Chinese supplier has no problem sending a copy of your business license to potential customers. It is not a secret document. It is in Chinese, but it shows interesting data. For example:

•     When the company was established (does not match what they told you?)
•     Head office (is the same as it displayed in your signature? If not, do not have an explanation? )
•     Equity (if this is 100,000 RMB, you know you are not dealing directly with a manufacturer.)

How do you know if you're dealing with a commercial company or a manufacturer in China?

The title of this article is a bit misleading. I would like to know the nature of an out- that simple. But one of the fields in the business license is the nature of business (commercial, manufacturing ...). It could be an easy way to detect and disqualify an intermediary. But beware - many manufacturers also were involved in the trade.

Is there a China Company Registration Search the Web?

Unfortunately, there is a database with all registered companies in China. But you can go to the AIC (“Administration of Industry and Commerce " ), Search Chinese web sites and hopefully find some information about your destination.

Chinese company WHOIS domain search - how useful they are?

This is another method " no no cannot hurt foolproof ." I've never used and do not see me as reliable.

Using the analysis error level Photoshop Documents received from scammers

this is really for geeks! As I wrote before, many certificates provided by Chinese suppliers are false, so it detects “photoshopping " can only be a good thing.

Have other tips for verifying the legitimacy of a Chinese company?

Filed Under: obtaining new suppliers

China To Perform Security Inspections For Tech Products

Apple store in Beijing. Photo by Chinnian via Flickr (CC BY- SA 2.0)

The Chinese government will soon launch a series of technical security standards required by the state of technology products and services. Experts from the National Bureau of Internet Information Services (NIIO), the Department of State of China, analyzed the products and services used in communications, finance, energy, national security and other purposes.

The system is intended to protect "national security of the Internet," office spokeswoman Jiang Jun told reporters. One day before the announcement, Beijing banned the use of Microsoft Windows 8 on government computers.

Although Jiang Jun said that the inspection system is for both products and domestic and foreign service, also stressed that " long, governments and businesses a few countries have gathered sensitive information on a large scale leveraging its monopoly over the market and technology ... They not only severely undermine the interests of their clients, but also threaten cybersecurity other countries.”

Jiang Jun also stressed that the U.S. government has a similar law that inspects foreign products and IT services. In 2012, the U.S. Congress Huawei and ZTE investigated and warned that the two Chinese IT companies were threats to security.

Many therefore see the system as a direct response to the recent tensions between Beijing and Washington on the subject of cyber espionage. In a recent incident, five Chinese military officers were accused of hacking into the computers of six U.S. companies and the theft of trade secrets.

On Weibo, nationalist bloggers described the system as a blow to the anti - China forces and suggested that Internet giants in the U.S. Including Cisco, IBM and Microsoft would be affected.

The policy could also have adverse effects on a wide range of applications used by citizens, including tools for censorship circumvention. Last year, a circumvention tool called Open Door was removed from the Apple store in China. Now the Chinese authorities have a legal basis to pressure service providers to end similarly "illegal” applications.

Under the new system, examining technology products fall under the supervision of NIIO. Public statement from the agency said that " vetting is to prevent a supplier to take advantage of your product to control illegally alter or turn off the computer systems of its customers , as well as collecting, storing, processing or use information of their customers. "

Fang Bingxing , the father of the so-called Great Firewall of China, told local media that the inspection system a list of " black " and " white list" is created. Only products whitelist can enter China. Beijing will start with the inspection of the goods and services of strategic IT.

Local media explained that before information products enter the China market, including hardware, such as smart phones, computers and other mobile devices, and programs such as operating systems, programs and applications will be required to undergo technical inspection to ensure that the products do not pose a threat to national security. In addition to security threats, the products that would result in a monopoly market could also be subject to a ban, as it would bring adverse effects social and economic security.

Politics is a poignant example of the tensions between security, social control and economic growth that China faces. How is concrete in the coming months may be an indication of the deepest interest in information and finance among government leaders.