Crackdown on graft gets tough

GUANGZHOU: Officials who commit major mistakes here will be sacked from their posts, or punished, depending on the severity of their mistakes, as the Guangzhou government has introduced a stricter accountability system, a disciplinary official said.

The system, to be effective from April 1, will be implemented among district-level government and Party committee officials, Zhang Weicheng, deputy chief of the Guangzhou discipline inspection committee, said.

"The local government is determined to crack down on corruption by introducing stricter accountability system," Zhang said.