China introduces new software to check corruption

Monday, 17 January 2011, 15:12 IST
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Beijing: With corruption among official ranks emerging as a major menace, a Chinese provincial government has introduced a computer software which continuously monitor the work of officials. In the Nanjing Urban Planning Bureau of Jiangsu Province, a yellow light will flicker in the office computer system of the department, a warning signal, if an official does not finish a case within 20 days. "If an official violates the protocol when dealing with a case, a red light will flicker," Ding Haiyang, head of the discipline department of the bureau told official Xinhua newsagency. The system enables public to follow their case, know the result of the official's work on a website and make complaints online, Ding said. "Since the system was installed, every official has tried his best to finish his part of his work in time and hand it to colleagues in the next step.
Source: PTI