In the process of the on-going nationwide campaign launched to consolidate the market order, punishments have been meted out in accordance with laws against with crimes that do harm to people’s lives and health, including production and sale of counterfeit and substandard foods and medicines, and other crimes such as tax evasion and defraud, financial swindling, smuggling and pyramid selling. This has effectively protected the people’s legitimate rights and interests. Work has been intensified to investigate and prevent on-job crimes, with special focus on investigating and punishing those convicted of serious bribery and corruption offenses, bringing to justice those proven to have acted as behind-the-scene leaders of Mafia-like gangs or as their “protective umbrellas” by taking advantages of their powers and influence.
