30 corruption cases revealed in TV series

A television series which will disclose the details of what was found during investigations into around 30 cases of officials who had "undesirable work styles," will be broadcast on China Central Television (CCTV) starting on Monday.

This will be the first time that the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) has revealed the details of this kind of investigation since the campaign to fight "undesirable work styles" - such as formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance - was launched in 2012.

The CCDI said that the material for the series was gathered from about 100 interviewees including officials that were found to have violated Party discipline, their relatives and colleagues, whistle-blowers, journalists and disciplinary investigators, news portal people.com.cn reported on Sunday.

Jointly produced by the CCDI and CCTV, this program will attempt to showcase to achievements of the campaign as well as the difficulty of eradicating "undesirable work styles." The extravagant lifestyle enjoyed by corrupt officials from 16 provinces will be revealed in the series, such as Ni Yuke, the former vice governor of China's Anhui Province who was obsessed with jade carvings; and Wan Qingliang, the former Party chief of Guangzhou, Guangdong Province who visited luxurious clubhouses, people.com.cn reported. This series aims to drum up public support for the CCDI's ongoing anti-graft campaign and intimidate officials that may feel tempted to be corrupt, said Li Danyang, a research fellow on public administration at Beihang University.