Chinese artists keep pace with fight against corruption
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A scene in the play "In the Name of People" [file photo] |
The new generation of state leaders fighting corruption and striving to build clean government is driving this new theme in China's arts.
At the Third Plenary Session of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in 2014, Chinese leaders urged all CPC members to be fully aware of the protracted, complex and arduous nature of the fight against corruption, and to continue the fight against corruption until the end with the resolution and courage depicted in ancient Chinese idioms where a man has to scrape the toxins off the bones and cut off his own snake-bitten wrist to save his own life.
"This shows the unprecedented confidence and resolution of Chinese leaders in eliminating corruption," says Zhou Meisen. "As a writer, I can't remain silent on events concerning the survival of our nation."
Zhou says the authorities used to take months to examine such works in the past - and usually only approved them after substantial changes. However, the TV play was approved 10 days after its submission to the State Administration of Press, Publication, Radio, Film, and Television.
Artists pay more attention to exploring the human aspects of the fight against corruption than do news reports, says Zhou.
"There are various reasons for the corruption of an official, but the ultimate reason is the unchecked development of human greed, with authority not being supervised effectively," he says. "Absolute power leads to absolute corruption."
At the end of the drama, the anti-corruption director received a new task, starting new anti-corruption struggles at the newly-established supervisory committee of a province.
In December 2016, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed a resolution to carry out pilot reforms of national supervisory system in Beijing, Shanxi Province, and Zhejiang Province, integrating the functions of relevant organs in the regions involving the investigation of bribery and corruption, dereliction of duty, and the prevention of duty-related crimes into the supervisory committee. This is an important step of the state toward "combating corruption by system".
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