Shortcuts to fighting corruption(4)

This, he said, forced him to visit the CCDI office in person last week. "The online reporting system makes me feel frustrated and it's pointless," he said.

It would take years and major overhauls of the system to solve the problem, Wang said, but any small steps such as adding this link are welcomed.

Li Dexin, an influential citizen journalist who founded and operates the famous whistle-blowing website "Public Opinion Supervision," agreed with Han, calling the link "superfluous frills."

"It's an unimportant add-on that doesn't solve the fundamental problem," he said.

Li, who wrote a report on his website this week that forced two corrupt officials in Shandong Province to resign, said pressures from media and the public via Weibo are the best means to fight corruption.

Li said he didn't report the Shandong officials' wrongdoings through the link on news sites or directly on the agencies' reporting pages.

"My claim will never yield any results and the agency might leak my identity," he said. "Straightforward exposure online is much more effective." However, he suggested the agencies set a deadline for handling whistle-blowers' claims.

"With a looming deadline one or two months away, the inspection bodies would no longer be able to ignore the complaints and would be forced to work more efficiently," he said.

Li also suggested that property disclosure and tight supervision when hiring government staff would be better methods to combat graft.