Beijing, Oct 14 (ANI): China will set up a national system to keep track of bribery convictions, a senior official of the Supreme People's Procuratorate has said.
Individuals or companies found to have offered bribes are likely to be disqualified from bidding for other projects, Xinhua quoted Song Hansong, Director of the department of duty crime prevention of the procuratorate, as saying.
Cases of bribery have surged in recent years, with reports saying that in 2010, there were 3,194 suspects prosecuted for providing bribes, a 30 percent increase from the year before.
"These bribers, often targeting government officials, offer money to gain illegal returns. They have seriously disordered the market economy," Song said.
According to Song, bribery tends to occur in capital-intensive industries like construction, finance, education, health and medicine, as well as government contracts.
Prosecuting departments across China began to use a bribery record system in 2006, but it was only available at the provincial level, he said.
"The limited inquiry system can't serve the aim of data sharing and meet cross-regional demands. Meanwhile, the procuratorate didn't have a unified management and an effective supervision of it, which has led to some practical problems," Song added.
He further said that the new system will be effective in provincial, city and county levels, adding: "the system will allow organizations and individuals to submit an enquiry about a certain company, and will be sent a bribery record of the company if the company has problems." (ANI)
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