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Article: China Focus: Nearly 500 officials retract stakes in coal mines
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- September 26, 2005
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China Focus: Nearly 500 officials retract stakes in coal mines
BEIJING, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- The state work safety watchdog
announced here Monday that 497 officials have withdrawn their
investment in coal mines amid a nationwide crackdown.
Li Yizhong, director of the National Bureau of Production Safety
Supervision and Administration, said that the figures represent only
part of the campaign outcome based on the reports from nine provinces
including Guizhou, Hunan and Hebei.
A final report of nationwide data will be released by mid-
October, said Li.
China issued a circular on August 30 requiring all officials who
invested in coal mines to retract stakes, setting September 22 as the ...