China investigated and dealt with 24,879 commercial bribery
cases in first half 2007, with 6.156 billion yuan (US$791.26
million) of illicit money involved.
About 5,523 commercial bribery cases involved government
officials, accounting for 22.2 percent of the total.
An official with the central leading group for fighting
commercial bribery said efforts are continuing to harshly deal with
major and serious commercial bribery cases this year, especially
those closely related to people's interests and severely damaged
market order.
By June, China had promulgated 125 local regulations against
commercial bribery.
Ministry of Supervision, the Legislative Affairs Office of the
State Council and the leading group for fighting commercial bribery
are amending the Law against Unfair Competition and revising Law on
Construction and Regulation on the Supervision and Administration
of Medical Devices, so as to provide more solid legal foundation
for fighting commercial bribery.
Media and public are encouraged to monitor and report commercial
bribery cases, so as to nurture an anti-commercial bribery
atmosphere.
(Xinhua News Agency August 19, 2007)