Rules setting out dos and don'ts for personnel management were issued by the Party committee in Jiangsu province on Monday to demonstrate its determination to stamp out nepotism.
The rules prohibit the nomination as Party officials of members of social organizations such as hometown associations, alumni associations, co-workers clubs and comrade-in-arms societies.
They are the most severe measures adopted to prevent nepotism since the nationwide anti-graft campaign began in late 2012, the Party authority in the province said.
Officials are required to report the occupations of their next of kin, including spouses and children, who are now not allowed to profit from the sectors the officials are in charge of.
Strictly prohibited
Jiangsu is the first province or region in the country to make clear in its personnel management rules and regulations that nepotism is strictly prohibited.
The move follows the public condemnation of cliques and factions involving Zhou Yongkang, the former security chief, Xu Caihou, the former vice-chairman of the Chinese People's Liberation Army and Ling Jihua, the former minister of the United Front Work Department at the Party's Central Committee, as well as other corrupt senior officials.
These "tigers", senior officials at bureau level or above, are alleged to have established close relationships with groups of officials in local governments and businessmen to set up various factions.
The factions were given names such as the "oil clique", "secretary clique" or "Shanxi clique".
A number of government officials have organized gatherings of former classmates and others with the intention of forming factions to help gain promotions, rather than to make friends.
In January, the Central Committee for Disciplinary Inspection, the country's top anti-graft watchdog, announced it was carrying out investigations into Party members who were involved in forming cliques.
The CCDI also pledged "zero tolerance" toward cliques and factions, warning that Party members must support the authority of the central government and the unity of the Party.
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