>" Yuanhua "Ten years past, this shocking case has not blurred with the passage of time, it is still being nailed on the judgment seat of justice." China Economic Weekly "reporter Yao Dongqin While the second half of 1998 national anti-smuggling operations and joint struggle Jianrugaochao when Yuanhua smuggling case surfaced. In April 1999, a report of Lai Changxing smuggling letters Yuanhua Group Central Discipline Inspection Commission and the Customs service. The case was immediately arrested as the central straight major, code-named "Project 4.20." until September 2001, "Project 4.20" basically settled, during which a total of more than 600 officers were involved in the review, more than 300 person be held criminally liable, 14 Sentenced to death. involved the highest level to the Deputy Minister in the "disaster area" of Xiamen Customs, 160 people sacked, Xiamen, accounted for 13% of the total number of officers. verified, Xiamen Yuanhua smuggling case, worth up to 53 billion yuan, 30 billion yuan of tax evasion, called the investigation of China's biggest since 1949, with economic crimes. Lai Lai peasant's fortune, was to do in Fujian Shishi clothing, electronics, small hotels and the like to make a living, but also dry the smuggling business, but he was not satisfied with this. In April 1991, Lai Hong Kong resident status through the relations, in June 1993 in Hong Kong registered Yuanhua International Limited company during this period, Lai learned from some of the relationships of the population, the army and the country urgently needs a large computer software and so he used a company registered in Hong Kong companies with a secret military computer chip trade in early 1994, with Hong Kong's Lai status back to Fujian, Xiamen Yuanhua Electronics Co., Ltd. was established with registered capital of more than billion dollars, followed in 1996 established the Yuanhua Group Limited ("Yuan Hua Group") Lai Changxing electronic companies do not study of electronic products, but exclusive chip smuggling, smuggling after the rapid expansion of the scope and to vegetable oil, petroleum, cigarettes, automobiles, chemicals, textile raw materials, communications equipment, etc. a few years, Xiamen Yuanhua Group has become known for large enterprises, There are seven wholly owned subsidiary, holding company, 5, shares of the company 1. Lai to pull almost all the members of the family occupation, to create a family-smuggling syndicates. In addition, chairman of Lai Changxing, the four core characters Yuanhua Group Board of Directors are: Lai Changxing's wife Minna, brother Lai standard, brother Lai Changtu, Qidi have that education. Lai oil smuggling profits involved in Xiamen, real estate, sports and entertainment, the generous and extensive relationships to draw the upper in 1996, design up to 88 layers of "Yuanhua International Center" ground breaking, the Lai Changxing invited the central, provincial and municipal nearly two thousand guests, each made a bag of gifts worth thousands of dollars, but also a large banquet, please eat "meals work "gallery all the shark's fin, abalone, ginseng, bird's nest and other objects, according to information at the time," Yuanhua International Center, "an initial total investment of 3.0 billion, is expected to be put into use in 2000. Lai claimed that make it into a cross-Xiamen century landmark buildings and this in the Lai Changxing fled Shihai just a "pit" and "Yuanhua International Center," was really excited to Xiamen government officials. At the time of Xiamen, a large-scale investment projects over a hundred million is not much , not to mention 30 billion in 2000, the media described as such: "Yuanhua" to come, no doubt eager to meet the leaders of Xiamen Investment psychology. Thus, a good hill well to the "Yuanhua" pick, good project Lai good bank from the election, the departments have a "Yuanhua" "green light"; So Yuanhua tobacco, alcohol Yuanhua, Yuanhua Mall, Yuan Hua Casino, Yuanhua football team ... "Yuanhua" everywhere, nothing is there, "Yuanhua" the development of Xiamen's economy has become a symbol of rampant smuggling in Xiamen Yuanhua Group side of the big investment, create a positive image, one side win over the officers, the rampant underground smuggling. 53.0 billion, so high smuggling value is how come? This survey was gradually clear, Yuan Hua smuggling group focused on the "two oil" (vegetable oil, refined products), cigarettes and cars.Yuanhua Group itself does not exportright, but it is the name of cooperation, by all means, have the use ofimport and export enterprises in Xiamenthe right to engage in smuggling. state-owned Foreign Trade Group Co., Ltd. Xiamen Kaiyuan is Yuanhua important partner. 1997-1998 June, the company and the Yuan Hua Group partner, not the declaration of goods imported vegetable oil smuggling the way, a total of 29 million tons, worth over 1.9 billion yuan in Xiamen Oriental Development Company also Yuanhua Group together with the smuggling of various commodities, including oil smuggling case only the value of which amounts to 426 million yuan, nearly 100 million yuan of tax evasion. The survey data show that from 1996 to 1999, Yuan Hua Group does not use the methods of smuggling, customs imported oil more than 450 million tons, is the normal Xiamen Customs District in the same period more than doubled the amount of import declaration by China Customs Publishing House "Yuanhua major - documentary investigation of Lai Changxing smuggling gang," a book has disclosure, former general manager of Xiamen Ocean Shipping Agency, Xu explained in the survey: In recent years, Xiamen, "the oil to do" a lot of money, but to "make oil", no one could not escape the Yuan Hua Group Lai Changxing control to dooil import , need to go through customs, at a time when the Xiamen Customs Yang Lai Changxing is the front and "buddies." Yuanhua Group smuggling of a variety of methods, "false transit" is a commonly used species. This approach is a lot of the process used in cigarette smuggling. "transit" in international trade, is the exporter of goods to transit the country, from transit to the consumer fortunes. Yuanhua Group, in practice, the Xiamen Customs make transit, but cigarettes and other goods to the Xiamen Customs will not be carried away, carried away only empty containers or other cargo. Xiamen Customs have an eye, close one eye. Yuanhua Group reported smuggling materials that cigarette smuggling Yuanhua Group gross domestic sales total of more than 150 billion yuan. Yuanhua Group, the second approach is the false reporting smuggling name, such as the smuggling of cars into a low-tax value of false reporting of chemical raw materials, etc. After through task force verified, Yuanhua Group smuggling of cars 3588, worth 1.7 billion yuan of tax evasion in connection up to 10 billion yuan. One might imagine, the third grade how to build a culture of Lai Changxing huge "Yuanhua Empire" How to single-handedly directed the smuggling cases? Among these, he also has two unique skills: First, do everything possible to win over first-line leadership Lai, but does not require front-line leadership of the speaker for his smuggling convoy, but at the grassroots level to work on, buy the key positions Customs cadres. front-line leadership to do is "as do not know." secure the insurance that he do so, not easy to leave troubles. Second, Lai has amassed 18 out of resignation from the customs cadres take full advantage of their import and export business skill, as well as up and down in the Customs Lianshu advantage of big smuggling. mortal network insider said Lai come up with "smuggling income" to pave the way for half or even 70 percent, he means simply summed up as "Seven": tickets, woman, place, house, car, book (passport), the children. this "Seven" to the full range of care, often worry about the smuggling of open road, he is like spider webs, as it both ways, the end become a complex, practical, robust smuggling a large network and later the survey, from Xiamen Customs and Excise, the Secretary to the junior officers a total of 160 people have been bought off, the total number of Xiamen Customs, 13% in addition to Xiamen Customs , the Yuanhua Group also buy a number of government agencies, law enforcement agencies, judiciary, port authorities, economic management and financial staff of the unit which the bureau-level cadres at and above 20 people, the highest positions were too any of the Ministry of Public Security Vice Minister Li Jizhou. Li Jizhou hand state power to fight smuggling, but he has become accomplices smuggled Lai Changxing, who received huge bribes from Lai Changxing, and the use of terms, depends on many occasions to defend the illegal intervention of law enforcement agencies investigation is said that Lai had even hoped that his extension of this network to a higher level in 1998 Spring Festival, when he was Prime Minister Zhu Rongji in Xiamen for the reunion activities. Lai Trustee asked to see Zhu Rongji Zhu Rongji was in the presence of many officials and say, let Lai first out 2.6 billion yuan (some say $ billion) back taxes!>