Last week, during the National People's Congress in Beijing, Zhang Tongxi, the board chairman of Datong Coal Group in Shanxi, told delegates that in order to open a new coal subsidiary, he had to contact 33 government departments and sub-units, show them 147 documents of various kinds and obtain 205 different permits.
Why China's Corruption Is So Hard to Clean Up
…
Why China's Corruption Is So Hard to Clean Up
Last week, during the National People's Congress in Beijing, Zhang Tongxi, the board chairman of Datong Coal Group in Shanxi, told delegates that in order to open a new coal subsidiary, he had to contact 33 government departments and sub-units, show them 147 documents of various kinds and obtain 205 different permits.