Recently, an unprecedented anti-corruption storm has once again swept across the entire state-owned enterprise system. This storm is fierce and is aimed directly at the core figures who control huge resources and power.
I still remember the widely circulated saying: "If you don't get rich as an official, you won't be an official if you get rich." But in practice, this saying is more like an empty slogan.
According to the work report of the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20th CPC Central Committee Discipline Inspection Commission,
In 2024, the national disciplinary inspection and supervision organs filed 877,000 cases, detained 38,000 people, and imposed party discipline and administrative sanctions on 889,000 people.
Among them, 17,000 people are in the financial field, 94,000 people are in state-owned enterprises, 3,147 people are in the tobacco system, and 60,000 people are in the medical field.
Faced with interests and temptations, some executives of state-owned enterprises choose to take risks and frantically test the edge of the law. Even in the high-pressure anti-corruption environment, there are still people who continue to fall into the abyss.
Looking through the case collections in recent years, which of the fallen SOE bosses was not once high-spirited? Some of them were the "top streamers" in the industry, and some were the "helmsmen" of the company, but in the end they could not escape the fate of being investigated.
Behind these cases lies a thought-provoking phenomenon: in some state-owned enterprises, there is a gray area between power and interests, and some people just go further and further along this line.
Why does this phenomenon occur?
The reason is that the internal supervision mechanism of some state-owned enterprises is non-existent. The existence of the board of directors and the board of supervisors is more like a decoration, and the company's articles of association have become empty words. What is more frightening is that the power of the top leader is too great, and he can almost cover the sky with one hand.
Under such a system, rent-seeking becomes extremely easy: false bidding, secret manipulation, interest transfer... these behaviors are common.
What is even worse is that some executives not only enjoy the generous treatment provided by the company, but also maintain the privileges of the administrative level. This blurred identity has led some people to regard the company as their own "private land", spending the country's money to enrich themselves.
In the high-pressure anti-corruption environment, there are still people who take risks. What lies behind this is a reflection of the game between human greed and institutional loopholes.
For those who are struggling in the vortex of interests, once their inner balance is unbalanced, they will easily be "hunted" by people with ulterior motives.
The fight against corruption is an ongoing journey. Only by staying awake and sounding the alarm can we truly achieve a peaceful and prosperous world. For everyone, only by keeping to the bottom line can we achieve inner peace and freedom.
