CCTV9英语新闻：上海禁止领导干部家属经商办企业

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SHANGHAI, May 4 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai on Monday banned close family members of senior officials from running business.

 

According to the regulation issued by the party committee of Shanghai, spouses¹ of the city's leading officials are not allowed to run company or do business, nor can their children or the spouses of their children do business in the city.

 

The bans also apply to senior officials including heads of city departments, district and county governments, courts, procuratorates, the public security bureau and state-owned companies.

 

These officials must hand in reports on the jobs of their spouses and children, and publicize such information inside the party, the regulation said, threatening punishment for those who fail to do so.

 

Those whose families are already engaged in business must ask them to quit or resign themselves.

 

China has been making efforts to institutionalize its anti-graft drive. In March, top legislator Zhang Dejiang said the country was planning national legislation to fight corruption³.

 

The law is expected to set clear codes of conduct for Chinese officials to prevent them from being corrupt². Legal experts say Shanghai's regulation may be a stepping stone for such bans nationwide.

1 spouses   

n.配偶，夫或妻( spouse的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• Jobs are available for spouses on campus and in the community. 校园里和社区里有配偶可做的工作。 来自辞典例句
• An astonishing number of spouses-most particularly in the upper-income brackets-have no close notion of their husbands'paychecks. 相当大一部分妇女——特别在高收入阶层——并不很了解他们丈夫的薪金。 来自辞典例句

2 corrupt   

v.贿赂，收买；adj.腐败的，贪污的

参考例句：

• The newspaper alleged the mayor's corrupt practices.那家报纸断言市长有舞弊行为。
• This judge is corrupt.这个法官贪污。

3 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。