On this day 27 years ago, on November 4, 1998 (September 16, 1998 in the lunar calendar), the Jinhua tax case was investigated and dealt with. On November 4, 1998, the largest tax case in the country since the founding of New China - the case of huge amounts of false VAT special invoices in Jinhua County, Zhejiang Province - was severely investigated and dealt with by relevant parties. Party members and cadres involved in this case were investigated by party discipline, government discipline and law discipline respectively. The reporter learned from a press conference jointly held by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Ministry of Supervision, and the State Administration of Taxation that from May 1994 to April 1997, 218 enterprises in Jinhua County participated in the false issuance of special VAT invoices, issuing 65,536 invoices with a total value tax of 63.100 million yuan, involving 30 provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government. So far, 89 alleged offenders suspected of false issuance of special VAT invoices have been arrested, and taxes and fines of 12.3.40 billion yuan have been recovered. Under the inquiry of leading comrades of the Central Committee, and under the coordination and guidance of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Supervision, Zhejiang Province and the State Administration of Taxation jointly investigated and dealt with the case. It is reported that Ye Guoliang, former member of the Standing Committee of Jinhua City and head of the Propaganda Department, Wang Xingen, former secretary of the County Party Committee of Jinhua County, Zhou Jianping, former member of the Standing Committee of the County Party Committee and head of the Propaganda Department of Jinhua County, Wang Jinyu, former director of the County Finance and Taxation Bureau, Yu Xinfa, a member of the party group of the County Finance and Taxation Bureau and former director of the IRS, Wu Zhangxian, deputy director, Dai Liming, former deputy director of the tax inspection office of the County Procuratorate, and Yang Shangrong, the former leader of the inspection brigade of the County Finance and Taxation Bureau, were respectively expelled from the party and expelled from public office. Former deputy county head Zhu Rihui was expelled from the party and administratively removed. Xia Zanzhong, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, stressed at the press conference that leading cadres at all levels, especially the main leaders of We must maintain a clear head and a firm stand on major issues of principle that concern the interests of the party and the country. We must consciously implement General Secretary Jiang Zemin's important instructions on "focusing on study, politics, and righteousness." We must consider the overall situation and be aware of the general situation. We must not lose our way or lose our principles in our work. We must not be insensitive or turn a blind eye to violations of discipline and law, and we must not adopt the wrong attitude of making big things small, trifling them, and covering up the truth after serious problems arise. We must adhere to the correct guiding ideology for economic construction, strictly implement the principles and policies of the party and the country for economic development, and act in strict accordance with the law. We must not use improper means to develop the local economy, and we must not engage in crooked ways, let alone run "red lights" and rush "restricted areas." Xia Zanzhong stressed that under the leadership of party committees and governments at all levels, discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels should cooperate closely with administrative law enforcement organs and judicial organs, effectively increase their efforts, and resolutely investigate and deal with all kinds of disciplinary and illegal activities that disrupt economic order. No matter who is involved, they must be investigated to the end and dealt with seriously; those departments and units with ambiguous attitudes, ineffective work, and serious consequences must be held accountable; those who enforce the law and violate the law, condone, cover up, or even directly participate in economic illegal and criminal activities "black sheep" in administrative law enforcement organs and judicial organs must be severely punished, found one, eliminated one, and will not be soft. Yuan Chunqing, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and a spokesperson, introduced the investigation and handling of the case at the press conference. He pointed out that the consequences of the "Jinhua County Tax Case" are very serious, not only eroding the national fiscal revenue in large quantities, seriously hindering the smooth implementation of the new tax system, undermining the economic management order, but also promoting the tendency of individualism and decentralization in some localities and units, undermining the unity of the central government's decrees, corrupting the social atmosphere, breeding corruption, and damaging the authority and reputation of the party and the government. As leading cadres of party members, Ye Guoliang, Wang Xingen, Zhou Jianping, Zhu Rihui, and others have ignored the interests of the country and the people, neglected their duties, and some even accepted bribes, acquiesced, condoned, and even supported the false issuance of special VAT invoices, and completely lost their qualifications as Communist Party members. They were severely punished by party discipline and state laws, and they completely deserved it. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection has forwarded a notice from the Zhejiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection on the case. Lu Renfa, deputy director of the State Administration of Taxation, explained the investigation and handling of the case at the press conference. He said that the announcement of the "Jinhua County Tax Case" will further promote all localities to pay taxes strictly in accordance with the law, severely crack down on the crime of tax evasion and tax fraud, and effectively promote the taxation work this year. He Bangjing, head of the Discipline Inspection Team of the Central Commission in the State Administration of Taxation, attended today's press conference. The reporter also learned from the judicial department that Ye Guoliang was sentenced to 15 years in prison at the first instance for accepting bribes; Wang Xingen was sentenced to 3 years in prison at the first instance for dereliction of duty; Zhou Jianping was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for bribery and dereliction of duty; Wang Jinyu, Yu Xinfa, Wu Zhangxian, Dai Liming, etc. were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment; Yang Shangrong was sentenced to death at the first instance. In addition, Hu Yinfeng, Wu Yuedong, and Lv Huaming, criminals who falsely issued VAT special invoices with huge amounts, were sentenced to death at the first instance. Comments: Hope our anti-corruption fight does better