China Considers ‘Negative List’ After Bribery Probe Tied to Ant
- Hangzhou Communist Party gives guidance on private enterprise
- City’s former party chief was arrested for alleged bribery
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The Communist Party of Hangzhou made a public statement about how it plans to move beyond the arrest of the city’s former party chief and how it will navigate the complex relationships between public officials and private companies.
The city’s leading cadres gathered on Feb. 15 for what was described as a “warning” conference to explain how to support the party’s priorities while avoiding corruption. Zhou Jiangyong, the former party chief, was arrested this month on suspicion of taking bribes, in a case that has been linked to Jack Ma’s Ant Group Co.