Nanjing has recently released a series of cartoons about anti-graft regulations. Above is a still capture. (Photo : www.chinanews.cn)
Eastern China’s Nanjing City disciplinary committee recently released a series of cartoons highlighting its anti-graft regulations, according to a Thursday report from news website chinanews.cn.
The cartoon series is composed of five episodes that run two minutes each.
According to the site, the animation takes its inspiration from a real-life incident in Nanjing when a city official asked the disciplinary committee, seeking advice about the September wedding of his daughter.
The cartoon's first season centers on the region's top five issues such as the grand celebrations of weddings and birthday parties, the activities included in an official trip itinerary, and the granting of subsidies and allowances.
These concerns are included in a 2012 regulation published by the country's top disciplinary body.
The cartoon depicts that the scale of birthday parties, weddings and even burials should be commensurate with the area's socio-economic development stage, as well as the area's customs.
The animation also points out that government authorities should not include leisure and expensive yet unnecessary activities during official trips.
The Nanjing-released cartoon series also urges the government to act righteously by doling out incentives to workers who abide by and follow the law.
In terms of allowances and subsidies, the campaign emphasizes that the law strictly prevents officials to devise means by which they can take advantage of public funds and purchase it for gift cards and prepaid commodities.
The law states that total subsidies and allowances per year should not be more than 1,000 yuan.
According to Li Xiangsen, the deputy head of Jianye district's Nanjing-based disciplinary authority, two more seasons of the cartoons will be produced. The upcoming animations will focus on the revised regulations previously approved by the central committee.
The government has been using various platforms such as social networking sites including WeChat and Sina Weibo to reach more audience.
For the recent period, China has been a witness to strong, massive anti-graft and anti-corruption advocacies. Most of these campaigns target both low- and high-ranking officials, who earned a moniker of "flies" and "tigers," respectively.
