At least 330,000 people had visited the exhibition since its opening on August 20, said Chen Chong, an official of the Political and Law Commission of the Beijing municipal government, the sponsor of the show.

The Exhibition on Combating and Preventing Economic Crimes will last one month at the Military Museum of the Chinese People's Revolution.

The viewers took away mixed feelings and left emotional messages endorsing and encouraging the country's on-going anti-corruption drive, according to an exhibition staff.

The public security departments ferreted out 906 cases of economic crimes in 1996 in Beijing alone.

A total of 961 people involved in the cases were punished and the cases saw a recovery of 77.11 million yuan (about US$9.29 million) in losses.

In 1999, the number of major economic crimes that have been prosecuted in the Chinese capital soared to 2,270.

Economic losses totaling 245 million yuan were redeemed last year, sources claimed.

The show is in fact part of a nationwide campaign to educate and caution officials against crimes and corruption.

(China Daily)