A national online archives of convicted bribers has been established in order to better combat corruption and bribery, China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate (SPP) announced Thursday.The online archives interconnect all local databases for convicted bribers, making their names available across the country for public inquiry, according to a statement by the SPP. Prior to this, there was no national listing. Hu Zejun, acting SPP Deputy Procurator-General, said the national online system will help to overcome geographical limitations in investigating bribery cases and make public inquiries more convenient, consequently helping reduce and prevent bribery.According to the statement, institutions or individuals can apply for an inquiry. Anyone discovered to be on the list will likely be disqualified for bidding on government projects or even forbidden from operating, Hu said. Procuratorates at all levels accepted 630,000 such inquiries last year, according to the SPP. A total of 533 companies and 887 individuals in the blacklist were “properly handled.”
