Recently, Li Zongxing, former deputy director of the Geothermal Research Laboratory at the Institute of Geomechanics, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, was sentenced to five years and six months in the first instance and fined 600000 yuan for bribery and corruption. In January of this year, Li Zongxing was "double opened". Previously, the case was under the jurisdiction of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission stationed in the Ministry of Natural Resources. According to statistics, in the past five years, the disciplinary inspection and supervision team has investigated and dealt with over 30 cases within the China Geological Survey system, many of which involve corruption issues in geological survey projects, forming a strong deterrent. Energy resources are the lifeline of the national economy. In recent years, China has allocated a large amount of special funds to implement public welfare geological and mineral survey, evaluation, and exploration tasks. These land survey projects have centralized management power, intensive funding, and abundant resources, which can easily breed corruption problems. How to deepen the promotion of reform and governance through cases while imposing serious punishments, and eradicate the soil and conditions that breed corruption? How to improve the integrated promotion of the work mechanism of not daring to be corrupt, not being corrupt, and not wanting to be corrupt, and effectively prevent corruption risks? The reporter interviewed personnel from the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Team stationed at the Ministry of Natural Resources, the China Geological Survey, and the Institute of Mechanics. In 2021, the Ministry of Natural Resources launched a new round of mineral exploration breakthrough strategic actions to improve domestic mineral resource security capabilities and safeguard the bottom line of national energy and resource security by relying on projects to eat projects, causing losses to state-owned assets and affecting the quality and efficiency of geological survey projects. As an important supporting unit, the Institute of Mechanics directly under the China Geological Survey undertakes key research and development projects for oil and gas exploration in a certain area. Li Zongxing served as the leader of two secondary oil and gas exploration projects in the area, but was found to be profiting from the projects and using his position to embezzle funds for a long time. Li Zongxing was once a young backbone of the Institute of Mechanics, winning multiple talent titles and geological industry awards. He was regarded by the organizing committee as a heavy responsibility for the country to find oil, but he indulged in geological research projects and came up with various ways to make money. After the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, he still did not stop, did not restrain himself, and did not know how to stop Li Yongmei, a first level researcher stationed in the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group of the Ministry of Natural Resources, told reporters that with increasing power and temptation, Li Zongxing gradually indulged in greed and embezzled state-owned assets through false reporting of procurement volume, signing false contracts, inflating rent, issuing false invoices, and other means. In addition, they also provide assistance to others in business contracting, engineering bidding, contract performance, etc., not only taking kickbacks from them, but also repeatedly demanding money and profiting through illegal company operations, "stock dividends" and other means. After investigation, in 2016, Li Zongxing, who was already the project leader, took advantage of his position in business dealings with a company in Beijing to collude with the company, falsely reporting gas procurement quantities, gas equipment procurement prices, etc., and embezzled more than 106000 yuan from the Institute of Mechanics into his own pocket; From 2018 to 2021, Li Zongxing signed 5 false geological sample testing contracts with a certain company in the name of his unit, but never fulfilled the terms of the contracts. He obtained more than 332000 yuan in funds by "using empty hands to trap white wolves"; From 2017 to 2018, Li Zongxing helped a company win the bid for a certain 2D seismic acquisition project and a seismic exploration project at the Institute of Mechanics, actively demanding a fee of 650000 yuan. The field survey work sites are numerous, with long lines and wide geographical areas. The project team often needs to rent multiple off-road vehicles, which results in high expenses and flexibility. Engaging in illegal rental business is also a way for him to gain personal gain Li Yongmei said that Li Zongxing arranged for someone else to register a car rental company on his behalf, and then undertook the outdoor car rental business for the project he was responsible for, earning more than 450000 yuan from it. He also used the funds he obtained from his employer to purchase a car, and later rented it out to the employer, earning over 116000 yuan in rent. According to the investigators, Li Zongxing was involved in every aspect of the "eating project". For example, when renting a house to store rock cores, he would inflate the rent to embezzle project funds. He even had to issue false invoices to increase printing fees when printing materials, and was found to have defrauded more than 1.128 million yuan of national funds. Deeply investigate the case, systematically search for the reasons, and analyze the soil and conditions that breed corruption. "The organization has repeatedly given Li Zongxing the opportunity to pull back from the cliff, and he has been given warning talks and severe disciplinary warnings within the party. However, he did not know how to restrain himself and eventually fell into the abyss of corruption." Yao Zhilu, director of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group's Sixth Office stationed in the Ministry of Natural Resources, told reporters that in recent years, there have been a series of petitions and reports reflecting Li Zongxing's "rampant eating and drinking on projects," "enthusiastic welcoming and sending," and "illegal business activities. Last year in the first half of the year, the Discipline Inspection Commission of the China Geological Survey and the stationed Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group held a special communication and consultation on Li Zongxing's usual work status, colleagues' evaluations, and clues related to the "four winds" issue. After comprehensive analysis and judgment, the stationed disciplinary inspection and supervision team has decided to elevate the jurisdiction of the Li Zongxing case, jointly handle the case with the disciplinary inspection commission of the bureau, thoroughly investigate the relevant issues of Li Zongxing, and conduct dual investigations on one case. At the same time, the party committee of the Institute of Mechanics will be notified and held accountable, and the main party and government leaders of the Institute of Mechanics will be admonished and held accountable. The reporter learned that, in sync with the Li Zongxing case, multiple party members and cadres of the Institute of Mechanics have been investigated and dealt with, and most of the corruption issues also involve land investigation projects. Why did some party members and cadres of this key unit, which undertakes important national land survey tasks, fall from their posts one after another, repeatedly violate regulations, and have problems in managing the land survey projects they are responsible for? There are multiple reasons behind these problems, "said Li Haiping, deputy head of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group stationed at the Ministry of Natural Resources. From a fundamental perspective, the unit involved in the incident has deep-seated problems such as a lack of overall strict governance of the Party, insufficient integration of Party building and business, and loose and lax management of the Party Li Haiping said that after a thorough investigation of the case, it was found that the ideological construction of the Institute of Mechanics was superficial, the style construction was lax, and the discipline education was weak. Li Zongxing's party branch carried out 13 learning activities a year, 11 of which were business discussions; Eating and drinking problems are quite common during field project inspections, acceptance checks, and meetings, and some leaders even take the lead in violating regulations. The implementation of the "dual responsibilities of one position" by the team members is not in place, and there is a lack of education and management for field project leaders, key personnel, etc. The Party conduct and clean governance construction team is virtually non-existent, mainly conveying the spirit of learning documents and rarely solving specific problems. The funding for land survey projects is relatively intensive, often ranging from several million to tens of millions of yuan. However, in actual operation, the power of project leaders is too centralized, providing a breeding ground for corruption problems Li Haiping introduced that the implementation of the field survey project involves multiple aspects such as external cooperation, equipment and instrument leasing, field rental, site construction, labor employment, and experimental testing, all of which are actually controlled by the project leader. For example, some procurement work is directly handled by the field project team. For commissioned business between 100000 yuan and 500000 yuan, the field project team mainly recommends it. For procurement and commissioned projects below 100000 yuan, suppliers and partners are selected by the project leader. Li Zongxing is using his power to embezzle project funds and engage in rampant bribery and extortion. From the perspective of supervision and management, the lack of supervision over land survey projects and loopholes in the current system also provide objective conditions for the emergence of corruption problems. Li Haiping said that at the institutional level, on the one hand, there is an imperfect system, such as an incomplete review and control system, unclear reimbursement management departments for field rental fees, and incomplete approval systems for the issuance of field work allowances for geological exploration workers; On the other hand, there is a lack of strict and practical implementation, such as irregular processes and lax approval checks in the procurement of goods and services, reimbursement of conference and outdoor car rental expenses, contract signing, etc., all of which open the door for violations of discipline and law. Using cases to promote reform and governance, conducting on-site research and rectification, and purifying the political ecology of the system industry. Journalists have learned that the business of various units in the China Geological Survey system involves mineral, oil, and gas exploration, geological scientific research, and emergency management of geological disasters. Their management is very similar, and the cases have a mirror significance for the entire system. At present, the China Geological Survey system is deeply promoting the work of using cases to promote reform and governance. At the beginning of this year, the disciplinary inspection and supervision team stationed at the Ministry of Natural Resources reported the warning lessons of the Li Zongxing case to the China Geological Survey, Institute of Mechanics and other units, and produced a special warning education video to deeply analyze its decline trajectory and transformation roots. The China Geological Survey is simultaneously studying and addressing key issues such as illegal eating and drinking, field project supervision, outsourcing printing services, and cadre education management. At the Institute of Mechanics, case warning education covers all staff and strengthens the awareness of bottom line and red line. The Li Zongxing case has exposed many deficiencies in the management of land survey projects by the units involved. We have identified the root causes and potential risks through 'dissecting sparrows', and proposed rectification suggestions to the supervised units to promote the improvement of the management level of land survey projects Yao Zhilu told reporters that at the beginning of this year, the disciplinary inspection and supervision team stationed in the department issued supervision suggestions to the China Geological Survey, proposing to strengthen the power constraints on the leaders of geological survey projects, comprehensively review the current management system and coordinate the "establishment, reform, and abolition", strengthen the audit and control of expense reimbursement, enhance the assessment of project leaders, strengthen the construction of party organizations in field projects, and promote the organic integration of party building and geological survey business. It is required that the units involved should effectively promote rectification, improve and perfect the management system of geological survey projects on the basis of investigation and research, and effectively eradicate the soil that breeds corruption in geological survey projects. The China Geological Survey adheres to the combination of "current reform" and "long-term establishment", and systematically promotes institutional construction. In order to improve the implementation effect of supervision suggestions, the China Geological Survey and the Institute of Mechanics jointly organized a months long on-site survey starting from March this year to thoroughly examine the deficiencies in the management of geological survey projects. We have established a joint special team to conduct traceability review of the original data of the land survey project undertaken by Li Zongxing, and to extend the review of the establishment, assessment, and guidance work at the level of the land survey bureau. We have thoroughly investigated six aspects of project management and nearly 50 problems, such as most commissioned businesses not conducting market inquiries and selecting the best candidates, some work rules blindly copying higher-level regulations, insufficient integrity education in the project, and low level of project information management. "The relevant responsible comrade of the Institute of Mechanics introduced that a detailed research report has been formed and copied to the stationed discipline inspection and supervision team. At the same time, the Institute of Mechanics has also compiled a rectification ledger for over 300 problems identified through inspections, audits, and special inspections in recent years. "We have strengthened the governance at the source, coordinated efforts from top to bottom, and carried out the 'reform and abolition' of the management system for land survey projects in batches. We have improved more than 20 systems such as entrusted business management regulations and on-site supervision regulations," said the responsible comrade. At the same time, in order to gradually tighten the political responsibility of comprehensively governing the Party with strict discipline, the Institute of Mechanics has issued relevant implementation plans, clarifying 5 aspects and 69 work tasks, such as regularly assessing the situation of comprehensively governing the Party with strict discipline, regularly convening leadership group meetings on Party conduct and clean governance, etc., improving the work system, perfecting the responsibility system, and tightening the screws of comprehensively governing the Party with strict discipline. In order to promote the comprehensive improvement of internal control management level, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Group stationed in the Ministry of Natural Resources also systematically analyzed the characteristics of cases investigated in recent years, identified management loopholes, and combined with daily supervision, put forward a series of work suggestions to the China Geological Survey. We will continue to implement systematic measures in promoting reform and governance through cases, improving institutional mechanisms, and strengthening education management. We will work together to prevent corruption, prevent corruption, and prevent corruption. We will investigate and punish every case