Why do leading cadres in party member not accept gifts, banquets, travel, fitness, entertainment and other activities that may affect the fair execution of official duties?

This item is about prohibiting leading cadres in party member from accepting gifts, banquets and other services that may affect the fair execution of official duties. Here, "may affect the impartial execution of official duties" refers to the relationship between the other party who provides gifts, banquets, tourism, fitness and entertainment and the leading cadres in party member who perform official duties under certain conditions. The power and position formed by the influence of the authority and position of the leading cadres in party member in party member will affect some interests of the other party. Leading cadres of the tax bureau accept banquets arranged by taxpayers, which may affect the fair execution of official duties. To judge whether this situation may affect the impartial execution of official duties is not based on the subjective will and thoughts of party member's leading cadres, but on the fact that the influence of party member's leading cadres' authority and status can objectively affect each other's political and economic interests. The "gifts, banquets, travel, fitness, entertainment and other activities" mentioned here have a certain purpose and transactional nature. In essence, some units and individuals attempt to exert influence on the impartial execution of official duties by leading cadres in party member in this way, so that leading cadres in party member can provide them with support and help in order to obtain certain benefits.

Compared with the Code of Good Faith (for Trial Implementation), the revised Code of Good Faith adds "arrangements for activities such as tourism, fitness and entertainment" in the second item of Article 1. This is mainly because with the development of China's economy and the improvement of people's living standards, the behaviors that may affect the fair execution of official duties among leading cadres in party member are no longer limited to gifts and banquets. In practice, some new forms, such as tourism, fitness and entertainment, have become an important means for some units and individuals to exert influence on the fair execution of official duties of leading cadres in party member and seek benefits for them.

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