A Chinese city has banned members of the ruling Communist Party from visiting clubs as it imposed a strict moral code on its officials in the sweeping anti-corruption campaign launched by President Xi Jinping which has netted thousands of officials including top cadres.
The eastern Chinese city of Nanchang has clamped the ban on the Communist Party of China (CPC) members from visiting clubs.
Disciplinary authorities of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi Province, said that they will investigate all private clubs and similar venues by the end of August and ask the club owners to set up visitors' records, an official statement said.
The central government issued an eight-point code of conduct in 2012 to reduce bureaucracy and boost ties with the public, but the city's discipline inspection commission said that some party members still attended members-only entertainment venues.
Such activities have a bad influence on CPC members and "severely violate" the rules, according to the commission, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Party heads, particularly the leaders of CPC branches, should not enter such places. The public have been asked to report any party members seen in such clubs, the new directive of the party said.
Nanchang is not the first to issue such bans. In 2014, government officials in Guangzhou were banned from entering public places of entertainment such as nightclubs, private clubs and discos.
Thousands of officials including top ranking leaders and Generals of the People's Liberation Army (PLA) faced punishments in the massive anti-corruption campaign launched by Xi after he took over in 2013 to cleanse the party and make them accountable.
The People's Liberation Army also clamped a ban on the collection of fees for recruiting soldiers as part of wider campaign against corruption in the military.
The Central Military Commission's (CMC) political work and discipline departments have recently released a document to further stamp out corruption in the recruitment of soldiers believed to be widespread.
The document states that those in charge of recruiting must not use their power to influence the recruitment of their relatives.
It also bans any fees in the process or bribes, whether in cash or in kind, a report int the state-run Global Times said.
It also says those who are assigned to recruiting soldiers must not be deployed in their hometown or that of their spouse.
According to a previous PLA Daily report, China's defence ministry, together with relevant departments, would form special working teams to inspect military recruitment work across the country.
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