At the fourth plenary session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized the need to maintain integrity, strengthen discipline, and combat corruption in an integrated manner, using "simultaneous investigation" to severely punish issues where misconduct and corruption are intertwined, and "simultaneous governance" to eradicate the common root causes of both. The Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervisory Commission of Dadu District, Chongqing, have deeply studied and implemented General Secretary Xi Jinping's important thoughts on the Party's self-reform, consistently treating the Central Eight-Point Guidelines as iron discipline and hard constraints. They fully recognize that misconduct and corruption are two sides of the same coin, sharing the same root causes, and insist on simultaneous investigation and governance of both, adopting a zero-tolerance approach to address the "Four Forms of Decadence" and punish corruption.

Thorough Investigation of Issues Involving Both Misconduct and Corruption

The District Commission focuses on key areas such as engineering projects, land expropriation, and demolition, where power is concentrated, funds are密集, and resources are abundant. They simultaneously address misconduct and dig deep into corruption, investigating corruption through misconduct and vice versa, always keeping the sword of justice high and maintaining a strong offensive. In handling the serious disciplinary and legal case of Tan, former chairman of a group company, the Commission carried out simultaneous investigation throughout the entire process. They not only uncovered Tan's repeated violations of accepting gifts and礼金 that could influence fair execution of official duties and accepting arrangements for tourism activities but also seriously addressed his severe corruption involving illegal acceptance of huge amounts of money. In response to the innovative and highly concealed methods of new and hidden forms of corruption, the Commission explores监督 methods for simultaneous investigation, strengthening the use of technological means such as big data comparison and analysis to accurately identify and investigate clues of issues involving both misconduct and corruption, such as "shadow shareholders" and "option corruption," effectively stripping away the隐身衣 of the "Four Forms of Decadence" and exposing the "disguise tactics" of corruption.

Resolutely Severing the Interest Chain from Misconduct to Corruption

Misconduct is a breeding ground for corruption. The District Commission deeply understands the integrated nature of misconduct and corruption, carrying out simultaneous investigation throughout all stages, including reporting via letters and visits, supervision and inspection, review and investigation, and case adjudication. They not only focus on frequent issues such as improper eating and drinking, and improper acceptance and giving of gifts and礼金, but also dig deep into the underlying corruption issues such as利益输送 and seeking favors, resolutely severing the interest chain from misconduct to corruption. Since the beginning of this year, the district's disciplinary inspection and supervision organizations have investigated 21 cases involving 21 people for violations of the Central Eight-Point Guidelines, with 19 receiving Party disciplinary and administrative sanctions and 2 undergoing organizational处理. While severely punishing, they also focus on the "second half of the article" in handling cases, by issuing disciplinary inspection and supervision suggestions and deepening warning education, promoting relevant units to learn from one case and draw inferences about others, plugging loopholes and improving systems, achieving the comprehensive effect of handling one case, warning many, and governing one area.

Building a Strong Institutional Defense for Simultaneous Governance of Misconduct and Corruption

The key to precise governance of issues involving both misconduct and corruption lies in effectively managing power. The District Commission deeply integrates the concept of simultaneous governance into the construction of监督 and constraint mechanisms for power operation, striving to promote the rigid implementation of the decision-making system for "three major and one big" matters, strengthening supervision over the "key minority," especially the "first-in-command" and leadership teams, and reducing the space for power rent-seeking from the source. The district has promoted the system of listing minor powers, standardizing the power use behavior of grassroots cadres, and strictly preventing the breeding and spread of "micro-corruption." Deepening reform and governance through cases, they promote relevant departments to improve over 40 systems targeting the institutional loopholes and监管 blind spots exposed in cases involving both misconduct and corruption. For example, in response to issues of hospital staff improperly accepting gifts and礼金 and embezzling medical insurance funds, they promoted the district's health system to simultaneously construct long-term mechanisms such as intelligent review of medical insurance funds, whole-process tracing of medical insurance use, and job rotation for medical insurance handling positions. They treat the construction of a culture of integrity in the new era as a foundational project for simultaneous governance, educating and guiding Party members and cadres to build a ideological defense against corruption and change, establishing correct views on power, performance, and career, and eliminating the desire for corruption from the ideological source.

Gathering Strong Synergy for Simultaneous Investigation and Governance

Simultaneous investigation and governance of misconduct and corruption is a systematic project that must adhere to a systematic concept and strengthen coordinated operations. The District Commission fully leverages the role of the district Party committee's anti-corruption coordination group, improving collaboration and coordination between disciplinary inspection and supervision organs and departments such as auditing and justice, achieving deep integration in information exchange, clue transfer, measure coordination, and result application. They deepen the use of "group-group" collaborative supervision, "office-group" linkage supervision, and "office-group-local" joint case handling mechanisms, leveraging各自的 strengths and complementing each other, gathering synergy for simultaneous investigation and governance. When handling cases, they insist on two-way deep digging and integrated handling of clues involving both misconduct and corruption, ensuring thorough investigation. They organically integrate maintaining integrity, strengthening discipline, and combating corruption with deepening reform, improving systems, and promoting governance, striving to effectively transform the practical results of simultaneous investigation and governance into institutional advantages and governance efficiency, promoting the comprehensive strict governance of the Party to extend to the grassroots level and deepen development.

(Author: Standing Committee Member of Dadu District Committee, Chongqing, Secretary of District Discipline Inspection Commission, Director of Supervisory Commission) (Liaoxin News Agency)