The Supreme People's Procuratorate has widened its national blacklist of people and companies convicted of bribery from those in five economic sectors to complete coverage.
The move is aimed at fixing loopholes in the mainland's corruption-prone market system.
The blacklist, which has been compiled for the last three years, had, until it was extended on September 1, recorded bribery convictions only against people and companies in the construction, finance, medical care, education and government procurement sectors, the People's Daily reported yesterday.
The amendment was intended to up the ante in the war against graft and sound a warning bell to potential bribe-givers, it said.
Ren Jianmin, a professor of law at Tsinghua University said the move was a step forward in addressing rampant corruption. 'With a larger scope, officials who have been caught trying to pay for a promotion could now be added to this blacklist,' Ren said.
'This could serve as a strong warning to other officials who plan to try the same strategy.'