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33 Hitotsubashi J.L. & Pol. 1 (2005)

handle is hein.journals/hbijllw33 and id is 1 raw text is: Hitotsubashi Journal of Law and Politics 33 (2005), pp.1-5. C Hitotsubashi University CORRUPTION AND ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY IN TODAY'S CHINA WANG YUNHAI* Table of Contents I. What is the current situation? II. What causes corruption? III. How corruption is dealt with in today's China? IV. Conclusion: The necessity of formulating an Asian-style anti-corruption policy I. What is the current situation? Corruption is a very vague expression. However, in formal documents of the Chinese Government it usually means an official's pursuit of personal financial gain by abusing their public power or position. This definition specifically includes four kinds of crimes: embezzle- ment of public property, bribe-taking, illegally using public money, and other financial crimes committed by officials (for example, smuggling). According to the Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China, some 83,308 offenders were found guilty of committing crimes of corruption in the five calendar years from 1998 to 2002. Corruption is clearly becoming one of the most serious social problems faced by China today. II . What causes corruption? The study of corruption has a long history and there are many academic doctrines explaining the causes of corruption throughout the world today. However, I believe my method is the most rational and effective one to analyze Chinese corruption. It can be described as follows: A social phenomenon is basically determined by two factors. One is something I call a social structural system and the other is a social cultural character. The social structural system is the external part of a society that represents the changeability of a society and the commonality between different societies. On the other hand, the social cultural character is the internal part of a society that represents the unchangeability of a society and the uncommon- * Doctor of Law Professor of Criminal Law, Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan e-mail: cj00164@srv.cc.hit-u.ac.jp

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