The Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China
(CPC), the Shanghai Municipal Government and local Party members
and cadres all resolutely upheld the CPC Central Committee's
decision to investigate Chen Liangyu for his severe discipline
violation and support the CPC's Central Committee's decision to
appoint Han Zheng, mayor of Shanghai, as Chen's replacement.
They expressed their absolute resolve to maintain the stable and
coordinated development of Shanghai's economy and society, and to
fight corruption.
Chen was suspended from the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee and party chief of Shanghai, according to a party
decision made public on Monday.
The CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and the Shanghai Municipal
Government highlighted the significance of the CPC Central
Committee's decision to investigate Chen, believing that the CPC
Central Committee's decision demonstrated a steely determination to
intensify the fight against corruption.
Han Zheng, the acting secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal
Committee, said all local Party members should study the essence of
the CPC Central Committee and incorporate their consistency in mind
and action into all government activities.
Han also asked local Party members to "especially cherish
solidarity, considering the interests of the whole, maintain
stability, strengthen their confidence, boost the morale, and be
down-to-earth in their work in a bid to come up to the CPC Central
Committee's expectations."
Shanghai has gained "good momentum" in economic and social
development so far this year providing a stable plinth for the next
five years, according to the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee.
The CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee called on local Party
members and cadres to focus on the city's "development" by
resolutely carrying out the CPC Central Committee's measures of
macro-economic control. Local Party members and cadres were also
asked to tackle problems which are directly related to the
interests of the general public.
The CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Shanghai Municipal
Government stated that they will push forward the fight against
corruption and build a clean and honest government. They will
earnestly investigate discipline and law violations and severely
punish corrupt officials.
The CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and the Shanghai Municipal
Government required cadres to reflect upon and draw lessons from
the social security fund scandal, nip corruption in the bud and
always be on the alert. These cadres should impose self-control and
accept supervision.
(Xinhua News Agency September 27, 2006)