Environment remains vulnerable to corruption

Editor's note: Last month, online reports showed a villa has been constructed on Qinling Mountain, Shaanxi province, where such construction is prohibited, with the owner being the son of a local official. The General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee recently issued a document about the incident, saying the local Communist Party of China committees had violated Party discipline. Beijing Youth Daily comments:

According to the document, the Party committees of Shaanxi province and Xi'an city have seriously violated Party discipline. The case is publicized as a typical example of local officials committing wrongs on the issue of environmental protection.

As early as 2003, the Shaanxi provincial government issued a notice prohibiting any company or individual from building on the north side of Qinling mountain range, and regulations were introduced banning any construction projects.