Research On The Property Declaration System For Civil Servants Of China

Corruption and anti-corruption have been unified in the development process ofhuman society, and which is an ancient and eternal sensitive topic. Just like a spell attached to the body of the power, Corruption have been always obsessing policymakersall over the world. As vice rises one foot, virtues rise ten, the sages at all times and in all countries have built many firewalls of punishing and preventing Corruption sothat the public power can be controlled by the people and the gene of corruption can be released. For example, the braw idea named “ideal state” of Plato of the ancientGreek philosopher in the pursuit of democracy, the appeal to popular sovereignty ofRousseau The Social Contract or Principles of Political Right, and the successful practice of Montesquieu’s Doctrine of Separation of Three Powers in USA, the devolutionwith extreme caution and the strong desire for freedom and equality can be seen in each progress.Practice is the source of knowledge, and the sole criterion for testing truth. Theproperty declaration system, which Originated in Sweden in1766, proved again and again by the practice of more than a hundred countries in the world, has the irreplaceable function in the prevention of corruption and give play to positive energy of the power. However, there are still some officials question or even reject the system directly with “technology theory”,“the theory of special conditions” and other highfalutin reasons, who based on their own interests. A good political system should not been marked for the “patent” of some countries and regions, even the different economic and technological development and the different nature of the country. On the contrary, inorder to make the self-improvement, the construction of democracy of a country should learn the outstanding achievements of political civilization in the guidance of “borrowing”, and not ring-fenced from the outside world. With the international climate changing constantly today, the establishing and perfecting of the property declaration system of public functionaries is not only the requirement of improving the legitimacy of t he government, but also to a well-off society, the requirement of deepening the reform of the political system and integrating with the world.The text consists of introduction, text and conclusion.Taking the introduction as a starting point, the text analyses the harm of the power corruption of a society as well as the general punitive and preventive measures, especially the function of terminal anti-corruption of the property declaration system, theresearch status at home and abroad together with the research methods and the innovations.The text contains four parts:Two aspects are included in the first part. The first aspect focuses on the originof the property declaration system in the light of history, especially the property declaration system have been established gradually in western countries directly under the the impact of political democratization. Besides, the specific connotation of the five elements in the system are analyzed so that laid a foundation for the following analysisand introduces of other countries. The second aspect of this part is the legal basis and its significance of the civil servants property declaration system. Firstly the theoretical basis of the prevention of corruption are utilized, which consists of the thought ofEast and West evil human nature,the “non-angel” theory, public choice theory, the popular sovereignty of Rousseau and the theory of Conflict of Interest. Secondly we focus on the positive significance of the property declaration system in enhancing the credibility of the government, safeguarding the public’s right to know and accelerating the smooth transition of our society.The second part is the main part of the text. Through the analysis of the USA,Russia and other countries in the Euro-American region as well as South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, Macao, Taiwan and some other Asian countries and regions that Full of Oriental Culture, we find positive significance to China from their process of establishment, content and effect of the system, described in the system before and of the resistance encountered, difficulties and solutions when they started. The third part reviews the process of the rule of law in China in the past twentyyears. We summarize the lessons that our system specific reason has not been published from some pilot areas, including Aletai city, Xinjiang Autonomous Region; Cixi city, Zhejiang province; Liuyang city, Hunan province. Besides, the problems and short-ages are concluded comparing with the Successful experience of foreign countries.The fourth part is the center of our text, which emphasized the necessity to improve the legal position of the system. Further more, the question of how to perfect thesystem was highlighted so that enhances the operability. In addition, the author alsoemphasized the importance of “Top-Down Design”, which includes three related factors: the wisdom and courage of our authority; the good human environment and the importance of moral force.The conclusion, the summary and the sublimation of all full text, not only clarifyits significance development of power constraints on human itself, but also combinedwith the practice of the reform and development of the Chinese society. It emphasison the establishment of property declaration system of civil servant, which is the needto adapt to the party and the national reform and development situation, the politicalcivilization construction in our country and the inevitable choice to realize the dreamof “power must be exercised in the sunshine and locked in the cage of the system”.