| 1 | Closing the offices may not be so simple. | |
| 2 | In 2002 the director of Hebei province' s office was sentenced to life in jail. | |
| 3 | The offices have been involved in a series of corruption scandals in recent years. | |
| 4 | So any favour the lower-level offices might try to curry is likely to be illicit. | |
| 5 | Every Chinese province and most large cities operate such Beijing offices. |