Follow Xi’s examples in humility, anti-graft series urges officials
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CHINESE officials should take a lesson from the selflessness of President Xi Jinping in not living extravagant lifestyles or separating themselves from the people, China Central television said in the latest episode of an anti-corruption documentary.
Xi has waged a sweeping war on deep-seated graft since assuming power almost four years ago, vowing to go after powerful “tigers” as well as lowly “flies.”
In the second episode of the eight-part warts-and-all show “Always on the road,” shown late on Tuesday, Xi’s simple life and close connection to ordinary people were contrasted with the high living and arrogance of the corrupt.
When Xi visited the southern province of Guangdong in late 2012, shortly after becoming Party chief, no red carpets were laid out, no roads shut for his convoy and no luxury vehicles used, the show said.
“He stayed in a simple room, had simple meals. All the details were self-evident of the practices he preaches,” it added, calling his actions a model for the Communist Party’s rules against extravagance and corruption.
It also showed the small, unadorned room he stayed in while visiting the northern province of Hebei in 2012.
“He ate very simply,” it said of the meals he had while there, and showed him interacting with poor farmers in their homes.
In contrast, the program presented the former Party boss of the southern metropolis of Guangzhou, Wan Qingliang, jailed for life last month for corruption, as a model of what not to do.
Wan had a love of banquets, at which he was wined and dined by corporate types looking for a helping hand, and even went so far as to shut off his favorite restaurant in a scenic spot to the public, which has now been re-opened, the show said.
“When I was with them, they picked up the bill. Of course there are lots of companies present, and I thought they’d handle it, that it was nothing,” Wan told the program.
“I thought this was what everyone did, and I just went with the flow.”
The program interviewed a group of old people at the restaurant Wan was so fond of, who talked approvingly of how they were now able to get back in.
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