The Supreme People's Procuratorate printed and distributed the Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Handling of Bribery Crime Cases to strengthen the connection with the supervisory authorities and punish bribery strictly according to law. The reporter learned from the Supreme People's Procuratorate that the Supreme People's Procuratorate printed and issued the Guiding Opinions on Strengthening the Handling of Bribery Crime Cases on December 9, emphasizing the firm determination and practical measures to "curb the source" and "cut off the flow", and accurately and effectively punish bribery crimes according to law. Adhering to the joint investigation of bribery is an important decision made by the Party Central Committee. The Twentieth National Congress of the Communist Party of China further emphasized that "anti-corruption and punishment should be carried out with zero tolerance, the increment should be more effectively contained, and the stock should be more effectively removed" and "bribery should be investigated together". It was reported that the Opinions were issued to further implement the relevant deployment requirements of the CPC Central Committee, combine the new situation and new problems in handling bribery cases, provide normative guidance for procuratorial organs at all levels to strictly punish bribery and improve the quality and efficiency of handling cases based on their functions, help promote the joint investigation of bribery, and achieve both the symptoms and the root causes of corruption. The Opinions emphasized that the main theme of "joint investigation" should be adhered to, and bribery crimes should be punished accurately and effectively according to law. Accurately identify bribery crimes according to law, and accurately distinguish between individual bribery and unit bribery. If the illegitimate benefits obtained by offering bribes in the name of a unit belong to individuals, they shall be deemed as individual bribery. If the relevant acts of the briber seeking illegitimate interests constitute a crime separately, they shall be punished together with the crime of bribery according to law. The bribery crime with bad nature shall be investigated strictly, and the sentencing suggestions, including the proposal of applying property punishment, shall be put forward strictly to effectively punish the bribery crime. Strictly grasp the leniency treatment of bribery crime, carefully review the evidence of leniency, distinguish different situations and degrees, and make sure that the crimes are appropriate, lenient and strict. In terms of work cohesion and cooperation constraints, the Opinions require that we should strengthen communication with the supervisory and judicial organs, implement the provisions on case handling cohesion, ensure strong cooperation and effective constraints, and promote consensus building and collaborative efforts. We will strengthen supervision over the trial of bribery cases, comprehensively use a variety of methods, and strengthen the effectiveness of supervision. The reporter noted that both the Supervision Law and the Regulations on the Implementation of the Supervision Law stipulate the ways to punish the briber and the means to deal with the illegal gains from bribery. In September 2021, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission jointly issued the Opinions on Further Promoting the Joint Investigation of Bribery and Bribery together with the Supreme People's Procuratorate, which defined five priorities for investigating and punishing bribery. In April this year, the State Supervision Commission and the Supreme People's Procuratorate jointly released five typical cases of bribery for the first time. "In recent years, the procuratorial organs have strengthened their cooperation and mutual restriction with the supervisory organs and the judicial organs, increased their efforts to punish bribery crimes, and continuously improved the quality of handling cases. The implementation of the policy deployment of joint investigation of bribery is showing its effectiveness." The head of the Third Procuratorate Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate said. (Outlook New Times)