Tencent “has always taken a ‘zero-tolerance’ stance” against such behaviour and will never again hire the people involved”, it said in the post. “External firms involved [in offering bribes] will be blacklisted from future contracts.”
During an internal meeting last month, Tencent founder and CEO Pony Ma Huateng called employee corruption “astonishing”, Chinese media Jiemian reported.
Tencent has been improving anti-corruption investigations to be smarter and more digital, Ma said, adding that most “low-level problems” can be spotted via data analysis during internal audits. He also noted that the company would continue to enhance probes this year.
Tencent began to report on its anti-corruption campaign in 2019, offering regular updates. Other Chinese Big Tech firms like Alibaba Group Holding and Meituan have since made similar moves.
Alibaba, owner of the South China Morning Post, recently appointed Jane Jiang, who worked in its anti-graft and human resources departments, as chief people officer, to take effect in April.
Meituan last week also published an update on its anti-corruption work last year, reporting 47 employees and 60 external partners to the police over bribes and embezzlement.
