Chinese city bans Party members from private clubs

NANCHANG - The eastern Chinese city of Nanchang has banned members of the Communist Party of China (CPC) from going to private clubs as part of an anti-corruption campaign.

Disciplinary authorities of Nanchang, capital of Jiangxi province, said that they will investigate all private clubs and similar venues by the end of August and ask the club owners to set up visitors' records, according to a Thursday statement.

The central government issued an eight-point code of conduct in 2012 to reduce bureaucracy and boost ties with the public, but the city's discipline inspection commission said that some Party members still attended members-only entertainment venues. Such activities have a bad influence on CPC members and "severely violate" the rules, according to the commission.

Party heads, particularly the leaders of CPC branches, should not enter such places. The public have been asked to report any party members seen in such clubs.

Nanchang is not the first to issue such bans. In 2014, government officials in Guangzhou were banned from entering public places of entertainment such as nightclubs, private clubs and discos.