Inaccurate reports kill promotion eligibility

More than 3,900 officials lost their eligibility to be promoted in 2015 because they concealed personal information in reports, Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday.

As an effort to ensure clean governance, officials in leading positions are required to report personal information annually since 2010, including property owned, investments, marriage status and occupation of next-of-kin.

Only a small percentage of the reports are examined, although checks increased to 10 percent last year from 3 to 5 percent in 2014. More than 439,000 officials at or above the deputy department director level were checked last year.