Looking back to history to move into the future

To educate cadres and officials, the disciplinary watchdog of Macheng, a city in Hubei province and the site of a former revolutionary base, is scouring military history in search for examples of clean governance.

On May 10, the city established a special education base, where examples - old regulations, details of punishments and uplifting stories of senior officers - are exhibited in a revolution-themed museum. The local authorities are planning more exhibitions to illustrate the legacy of clean governance.

"Macheng is one of the most important places in China. It's where the Huangma Uprising (a Communist-led insurrection) was planned and rolled out. Exploring the revolutionary army's culture of clean governance and establishing an education base is a historic mission for Macheng's supervisory apparatus. It could help to pass on that culture, and promote efforts to combat corruption and build a clean government," said Luo Lijuan, head of the Macheng committee for discipline inspection.