Senior Chinese official urges central province better fight graft in crisis

ZHENGZHOU, May 20 -- A senior Chinese

anti-graft official is requiring discipline inspection bodies in central Henan

Province to advance the anti-corruption drive by building a preventive system.

He Guoqiang, secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, visited fields, businesses, communities, government departments and schools in Henan Province from Friday to Tuesday.

He Guoqiang (3rd L), secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, also a memeber of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, inspects the wheat filed in Wangzhuang Village, Zhongmou County, Zhengzhou City, central China's Henan Province, May 18, 2009. He Guoqiang inspected several places in Henan Province from May 15 to 19. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)

He, also a member of the Standing Committee of the

CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, said officials in the province should

strive to expand domestic demand and ensure economic growth through implementing

the central government's stimulus policies.

He stressed that the more distressed China's economy

is, the higher attention should be paid to the livelihoods of ordinary Chinese

people.

He also said that the circulation of farmers' rights

to use land should be in strict accordance with the central government's

policies and in full respect to farmers' intents.

The Chinese government owns the country's land and

farmers have rights to use the land by signing contracts with the government.

Since the end of last year, rights to use land can be

transferred.

He Guoqiang (4th R), secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, also a memeber of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee Political Bureau, visits the impoverished family of Yang Derong in Yudian Village, Xinxian County, Xinyang City, central China's Henan Province, May 17, 2009. (Xinhua/Pang Xinglei)