Commission Against Corruption, Macao SAR

In order to implement the Framework Agreement on Cooperation Between Guangdong and Macao and strengthen the exchange and cooperation in integrity building between the two places, the CCAC of Macao and the Guangdong Provincial Department of Supervision entered into the Letter of Intent on Integrity Building between Guangdong and Macao on 10^th January, with an aim to establish, within the policy "One Country, Two Systems" and the current legal frameworks of the two places, a mechanism of cooperation to promote steady development of integrity building.

The signing ceremony took place in Zhuhai at 5pm today. Witnessed by the Commissioner Against Corruption, Fong Man Chong, and Standing Committee Member of CPC Guangdong Provincial Committee and Secretary of Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Huang Xianyao, the Chief of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Supervision and the Guangdong Provincial Corruption Prevention Bureau, Lin Haokun, and Deputy Commissioner and Director of Anti-Corruption Bureau of the CCAC, Kuan Kun Hong, signed the Letter of Intent on Integrity Building between Guangdong and Macao on behalf of the two parties respectively.

Under the Letter of Intent on Integrity Building between Guangdong and Macao, Guangdong and Macao, which will implement the plan to build the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, agree to commence exchanges on corruption prevention system and education regarding large-scale infrastructure projects, to explore effective systems and strategies to prevent corruption, conduct exchanges to share the experiences in integrity building and to explore anti-corruption theories, corruption prevention system and professional skills in order to expedite the anti-corruption works in the two places.

The cooperation covers four areas, including exchange on issues of integrity building regarding the construction of the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macau Bridge, strengthening the exchange and training programmes on integrity, sharing of information on the graft fighting and deepening the mechanism of mutual visits.

Fong and Huang met each other before the signing ceremony. They believed that the signing of the Letter of Intent on Integrity Building between Guangdong and Macao would facilitate further exchange between the graft-fighting agencies in Guangdong and Macao and develop a mechanism which promotes more frequent cooperation.

Huang noted that the Legislative Assembly of Macao passed the law of Declaration of Incomes and Properties not long ago, adding that Hengqin, Nansha and Shixing (Shaoguan) had been confirmed as the pilot regions for the scheme of disclosure of properties of government officials. He hoped that the experiences of Macao would serve as valuable references for them.

Moreover, they shared their views on integrity education, corruption prevention and personnel training. 

The representatives for Guangdong who attended the ceremony also included Deputy Secretary of Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Zhong Shijian, Standing Member of Guangdong Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Deputy Chief of the Guangdong Provincial Department of Supervision and the Guangdong Provincial Corruption Prevention Bureau, Zeng Qingrong, Deputy Secretary of CPC Zhuhai Municipal Committee and Secretary of Zhuhai Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Wang Yanshi, and Deputy Chief of the Guangdong Provincial Corruption Prevention Bureau, Huang Li, and member of Party's Group of Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, Guangdong Provincial People's Government, and Head of Discipline Inspection Group and Commissioner of Supervision, Han Jianqing. The representatives for Macao included the Chief of Cabinet of the Commissioner Against Corruption, Sam Vai Keong, Advisors, Arménio Rodrigues and Fong Pak Ian, and Head of Community Relations Department, Tang Shu Qing.