In order to effectively prevent and combat the global spread of corruption, the United Nations set up an ad hoc committee in 2000 and formulated the United Nations Convention against Corruption.

On June 365438+1October 3 1, 2003, the 58th United Nations General Assembly adopted the United Nations Convention against Corruption. In the same year, from February 9, 65438 to February 9,1/kloc-0, the United Nations held a high-level international anti-corruption conference in Merida, Mexico, and formally signed the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Since then, the United Nations has decided to establish 65438+February 9th every year as the International Anti-Corruption Day to commemorate the signing of the Convention and arouse the international community's attention and concern about corruption.

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China took the initiative to put forward a series of anti-corruption international cooperation initiatives and pursue the pursuit of memorial service: 20 14 APEC ministerial meeting adopted the beijing declaration on fighting corruption; In 20 16, the G20 leaders' Hangzhou Summit adopted the G20 Advanced Principles of Anti-corruption and Pursuit.

2017165438+1October 13. The 20th China-ASEAN Leaders' Meeting issued the China-ASEAN Joint Statement on Comprehensively Strengthening Effective Cooperation against Corruption. This is the first time that the China-ASEAN Leaders' Meeting has issued a joint statement in the field of anti-corruption, and it is also the first anti-corruption international cooperation document promoted by China after the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which once again shows China's firm determination and attitude to punish corruption to the international community.

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