A retired professor at the prestigious Peking University recently suggested that the Chinese authorities require officials to disclose their financial assets, starting with the seven members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)’s Politburo Standing Committee.
Zheng Yefu, who specializes in sociology, expressed his views in a Dec. 22 commentary published on the website “China in Perspective.” In the article, Zheng argued that Chinese officials coming clean about their wealth was the best way to protect judicial independence and ensure the success of anti-corruption efforts.
