App that lets Chongqing residents report cadre graft fails to impress
The app, the first of its kind on the mainland, contains information about the responsibilities of civil servants - explaining what they should and shouldn't do - by presenting questions and answers, real-life case studies, and related laws.
A new smartphone app designed to educate Chongqing residents about corruption among government cadres was released online yesterday, but it failed to impress many users and made some people wonder whether local prosecutors were actually keen on curbing graft.
It also claims to make it easier to report crimes among cadres in Chongqing, but some users lamented that the app's "report" function simply provided an address and phone number for local prosecutors.
Neither did the "contact us" link give users much information aside from than the court's name and emblem.
Titled "Stay away from corruption", the app became available yesterday through app stores hosted by Apple and Google. It was developed by Chongqing Han Tao Technology, at the request of Chongqing prosecutors, according to the Legal Daily.
It also contains several quotes from President Xi Jinping , including ones about the importance of serving the public and weeding out corruption.