Extramarital affairs a no-no for officials

Officials in Meishan city, Sichuan province have been banned from taking lovers outside marriage, as well as sleeping during meetings.

A guideline titled Behavior Standards for Officials of Meishan After Eight Hours of Work was released with four other directions designed to strengthen discipline among county-level or higher officials in Meishan, the West China Metropolitan News reported yesterday.

"Officials should persist in being upright and honest after work hours, should not have too close relations with people that are interest related, and should not have abnormal relations with people of the opposite sex," it reads.