Corruption cases involving Moutai, China's high-end liquor, are frequent. In addition to bribery with alcohol, it also involves officials' illegal participation in operations.Following Guizhou’s cadres’ self-examination of their participation in the Moutai business last year, Guizhou issued new regulations that strictly prohibit government officials from using Moutai for personal gain, otherwise they will be dealt with severely.
Spouses, relatives, etc. must be controlled and not participate in the operation of Moutai liquor
According to news released yesterday on the official website of the Guizhou Provincial Commission for Disciplinary Inspection, the General Office of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government of the Communist Party of China issued regulations on strictly prohibiting leading cadres from using Maotai liquor for personal gain, and proposed that leading cadres strictly prohibit behaviors in five aspects.
The prohibited behaviors listed in the regulations include participation in Moutai business activities by the person, spouse, children and their spouses; using power or position influence to obtain Moutai business qualifications for other specific related parties, increase Moutai sales indicators, and resell Moutai to provideConvenience; illegal approval of Moutai liquor operating rights; illegal collection and delivery of Moutai liquor; other illegal interference and participation in the operation of Moutai liquor.
The regulations also require leading cadres to educate and manage relatives and staff around them, and it is strictly forbidden for them to take advantage of their power or position influence to participate in Moutai liquor business activities.
The winery must record and file the greetings and greetings of leading cadres
For those leading cadres who intentionally violate or evade these regulations, or do not rectify according to the regulations, they will be severely dealt with in accordance with discipline and law in accordance with the special regulations on disciplinary action for leading cadres in Guizhou Province who use Moutai liquor for personal gain.
The regulations also require that Kweichow Moutai Distillery (Group) Co., Ltd. establish a registration and filing system for leading cadres to greet and record. All inquiries must be registered, and all greetings must be registered. Relatives of leading cadres and other specific related parties use their powers or positions to participate in Moutai.Liquor business activities must be registered.Where it is found that the registration should not be registered, the responsibility of the relevant personnel shall be seriously investigated.
The price of Moutai, known as the national liquor, has skyrocketed in recent years, which has brought huge profits to those involved in the operation.Among the corruption cases notified by Guizhou in recent years, many officials involved the use of Moutai for profit. Among them, Wang Xiaoguang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee and Vice Governor who was sacked in April last year, was involved in the management of Moutai.
According to the report of the Integrity Watch, Wang Xiaoguang loves to drink, and only drinks vintage Moutai, and started a liquor business. He opened four famous liquor stores in Guiyang, and handed them over to his family for sales, while he was in charge of the supply of goods, earning money from it.Huge profits.
In response to frequent Moutai corruption cases, Guizhou launched a self-examination of cadres' participation in the Moutai business in August last year. Many cadres were investigated for accepting Moutai and reselling Moutai licenses for profit.In recent years, many senior executives of the Moutai Group have been involved in the fall of the case, and many cases are also related to the distribution of Moutai liquor.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection also issued a notice at the end of last year, demanding that leading cadres use special resources such as rare and special products for personal gain, including six categories of high-end tobacco and alcohol, rare medicinal materials, and sky-high priced tea.Since then, local discipline inspection commissions have strictly investigated and rectified illegal profit-seeking behaviors of famous and expensive specialty products, and Maotai liquor, once a symbol of corruption, is also among them.
