China's top anti-corruption commission came out on Sunday with a list of 13 of the worst violations of law and regulations on the destruction of the country's environment.

The country's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) released on its Web site details of how authorities from six provinces abused their powers and positions to intervene in environmental impact assessments. They were accusing certain officials of intervening in the approval of environmental projects to make profits, according to a report by Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua.

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The commission's online statement noted how, in one of the cases, an ex-official with the Henan Provincial Environmental Protection Department, granted a permit to a factory which fell short of requirements. The said official also reportedly failed to face the fallout from the pollution.

The Central Commission also explaned how graft complaints could spark public grievances, cause adverse effects on health and lead to poor performance by environmental officers. It added fighting the corruption within the community should include efforts for an environmental clean-up, the report relayed.

Early last week, the head of an CCDI inspection group, Ji Lin, spoke to ministry of environmental protection officials, saying the lack of supervision and corruption had grown behind widespread violations of the law and regulations in environmental assessments of development projects.

Ji said several officials and their family members have interfered in an environmental assessment process and the official has even set up companies to make profits from upstanding contracts where environmental assessment is required, the report stated.

TagsPollution, Anti-graft, CCDI, environmental protection