Officials disclose assets in anti-graft campaign

A district government in Chongqing municipality has disclosed information on the private assets of 128 newly promoted officials in a pilot project to promote clean governance.

The new county and section-level officials in Banan district revealed information about their private property, including cars, apartments, bank deposits and stock market gains.

Apart from personal assets, the newly promoted officials also disclosed information about their spouses' and children's jobs, incomes and overseas residences. The information was printed in papers and publicized in front of the officials' workplaces late last month.