During the 2020 New Year and Spring Festival periods, a special section was dedicated to supervising, reporting, and publicizing issues related to the “Four Undesirable Trends,” releasing details of 10 typical cases in the first week.

　　 1. Issue of Yang Zheng, former deputy director of the Office of the Tianjin Municipal Radio Committee, improperly accepting a banquet. On January 18, 2018, prior to the review and acceptance of a project at the Tianjin Municipal Radio Monitoring Station, Yang Zheng, as the leader in charge of the station, together with relevant personnel from the station, accepted a banquet hosted by a Chengdu-based company contracted to undertake the project at a hotel in Tianjin. The total cost of the meal was RMB 2,872, which was paid by the company’s manager, Cao. The following day, the project successfully passed the review and acceptance. In November 2019, Yang Zheng received a warning disciplinary action within the Party. (Tianjin Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

　　 2. Issue of improper use of official vehicles by Wang Yuxia, Party Secretary of the Management Committee of Caishi Scenic Area in Ma’anshan City, Anhui Province. From November 2017 to September 2018, Wang Yuxia repeatedly misused official vehicles for personal matters, incurring expenses such as tolls and gasoline totaling RMB 1,474.5. In December 2019, Wang Yuxia received a warning within the Party, and the improperly incurred expenses were confiscated. (Anhui Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

　　 3. Issue of Li Yousheng, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the People’s Congress of Shaowu City, Fujian Province, who illegally accepted gifts. In January 2019, Li Yousheng repeatedly accepted gifts and consumption cards from private-sector business owners under the pretext of New Year greetings. In October 2019, he was given a warning within the Party, and the proceeds from his violations were confiscated. (Fujian Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

　　 4. Qian Bin, a researcher at the Water Resources Bureau of Xinyang City, Henan Province, was found to have illegally accepted gifts. From August 2013 to December 2018, while serving as Party Secretary and Director of the Anyu Mountain Reservoir Administration in Xinyang City, Qian Bin accepted a total of four cases of baijiu from a private businessman, Peng, on multiple occasions during holidays, amounting to RMB 30,000 (two cases of Moutai and two cases of Wuliangye). In addition, Qian Bin was found to have engaged in other disciplinary violations. In May 2019, he received a serious warning within the Party. (Henan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

　　 5. Issues involving Dong Mei, former Party Secretary and Director of the Culture, Sports and Tourism Bureau of Xiling District, Yichang City, Hubei Province, including unauthorized use of public funds for gift-giving and improper use of official vehicles. In early 2017 and early 2018, Dong Mei arranged for unit staff to use public funds to purchase book‑purchase cards from Xinhua Bookstore, which she then distributed to relevant personnel. From October 2017 to May 2018, Dong Mei repeatedly and in violation of regulations used official vehicles belonging to subordinate secondary units to transport herself to and from the railway station and to attend meetings. In May 2017, the Xiling District Bureau of Culture, Sports and Tourism also fraudulently obtained public funds by issuing false invoices for computer repairs and consumables, which were then used to disburse overtime allowances. In March 2019, Dong Mei received a serious warning within the Party; other persons held accountable were each subjected to corresponding disciplinary measures, and the misappropriated funds were ordered to be returned. (Hubei Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

　　 6. The issue of Wu Zhengyi, former researcher at the Liantang Subdistrict Office in Luohu District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, improperly accepting gift money. From August 2016 to February 2019, Wu Zhengyi took advantage of his own and his relatives’ hospitalizations to accept, on six separate occasions, condolence money totaling RMB 12,000 from the same entity under his management. Wu Zhengyi also engaged in other violations of discipline. In November 2019, he was given a serious warning within the Party, and the illicit gains were confiscated. (Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

　　 7. Pan Zhenxue, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Heshan Municipal Committee and Mayor of the Heshan Municipal People’s Government in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, was found to have improperly accepted banquets hosted by entities under his administrative oversight. On September 12, 2018, Pan Zhenxue traveled to Nanning to attend a meeting. Following the event, he went to an entertainment club for a banquet and accepted paid companionship from members of the opposite sex. The total cost of the banquet amounted to RMB 12,856, which was borne by those under his administrative oversight. In August 2019, Pan Zhenxue received a serious warning as a disciplinary measure within the Party. (Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region)

　　 8. Issue of Bian Sifa, Secretary of the Jinchuan County Party Committee in Sichuan Province, improperly distributing bonuses under the target‑based performance management system. In 2014 and 2015, Bian Sifa, then County Mayor of Jinchuan County People’s Government, participated in unlawful decision-making to increase the performance‑based bonuses for county-level leaders for the 2013 and 2014 fiscal years, personally receiving an excess of RMB 7,047.35. In June 2016, while serving as both Party Secretary of the County and County Mayor, Bian Sifa again made an unlawful decision to raise the 2015 performance‑based bonuses for county-level leaders, improperly obtaining an additional RMB 2,794. Bian Sifa also engaged in other disciplinary violations. In September 2019, he was given a serious warning within the Party, and all improperly disbursed bonus funds have since been fully returned to the treasury. (Sichuan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

　　 9. Luo Zhen, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference in Yongchang County, Gansu Province, was found to have improperly borrowed a vehicle from an entity under his administrative oversight and accepted a banquet hosted by a private business owner. In June 2012, Luo Zhen, then Director of the Yongchang County Bureau of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry, borrowed a newly purchased Toyota Highlander SUV from a certain enterprise. It was not until the official vehicle reform in August 2016 that the bureau returned the borrowed vehicle. During this period, all expenses related to the vehicle—such as fuel and insurance—were borne by the Yongchang County Bureau of Agriculture and Animal Husbandry. In 2015, Luo Zhen improperly accepted a banquet hosted by a private businessman, surnamed Cao. In June 2019, he was given a serious warning within the Party and a major demerit in his official duties. (Gansu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)

　　 10. The Education and Science & Technology Bureau of Delingha City, Qinghai Province, was found to have organized teachers’ official‑funded tours. From 2013 to 2018, the Delingha Municipal Education and Science and Technology Bureau, under the guise of health retreats, repeatedly organized numerous teachers to visit fee‑charging tourist attractions in Hainan, Yunnan, and other locations, using public funds to cover travel expenses totaling over 1.27 million yuan. In August and September 2019, the then‑director, Shen Lijun, received a serious warning within the Party; the then‑director, Xie Jun, was given a serious warning within the Party and a demotion in his official rank; and Zhang Hailu, head of the bureau’s Commission for Discipline Inspection, was issued a Party warning. The funds misappropriated in violation of discipline have been confiscated. (Qinghai Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)