Wen Jiabao 'requests probe' into family fortune Since the revelations, there has been speculation that Mr Wen may publish his family's assets in a bid to clear his name, and push for other officials to do the same. "Sunshine" legislation was first proposed in 1987 and draft laws were formulated as far back as 1994. However, nothing concrete has emerged to force officials to disclose their wealth. However, even if Mr Wen wished to disclose his wealth, it is unlikely that other senior leaders would wish to do the same. The foreign media organisations that have exposed the networks of wealth have also been heavily punished. The websites of Bloomberg and the New York Times both remain blocked after their respective reports on the family wealth of Xi Jinping, the incoming president, and Mr Wen. In addition, only one New York Times reporter has so far been given accreditation to the forthcoming 18th Party Congress, which opens on Thursday. At the end of last week, one local Chinese government official created waves by openly publishing his assets on Weibo, China's equivalent of Twitter. Zhang Tiancheng, the deputy secretary of Hanshou county's Politics and Law Committee in Hunan province, said his total annual income totalled 34,030 yuan (£3402) and his wife's was 30,000 yuan. He also listed the price of his home, and the 70,000 yuan he had given his daughter to help her buy an apartment in Changsha. "He dares to do what the others dare not," wrote one approving commenter on Weibo. Those millions of officials, please follow suit.