Building industry hammers corrupt officials

BEIJING - A total of 1,924 wrongdoers have been punished for breaching Party and administrative discipline from December to March in a national crackdown on misconduct in the construction industry, according to the latest figures published on Tuesday by the Ministry of Supervision.

This brought the total number of wrongdoers to more than 11,000 since the campaign began in September 2009, Hao Mingjin, vice-minister of supervision, said on Tuesday.

Hao is a leading member of a taskforce that is meant to deal with wrongdoings related to construction projects, such as taking bribes for awarding contracts.