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Wang Qishan (center), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, addresses a conference on the work of central-level Party inspection in Beijing, China, Feb 11, 2015. [Photo/Xinhua] |
The central leadership of the Communist Party of China recently updated its regulation on inspection teams, the full text of which was published by Xinhua News Agency on Aug 13. Actually, the earliest regulation for central inspection teams dates back to 1928. As one of its key anti-corruption systems, inspection groups regularly or irregularly sent by the central leadership played a key role in preventing corruption in the Party, a necessary prerequisite for its final success in the revolution.
The central inspection system was strengthened in 1990 and included in the Party constitution at the 17th Party Congress in 2007. Two years later, a specialized Party regulation on inspection was drafted and issued. After the 18th Party Congress in November 2012, during which the top Party leadership launched an anti-corruption campaign, more attention has been paid to the system.
Stricter requirements are demanded of inspectors, who are supposed to make careful investigations and find clues that lead to possible corruption. Each time an inspection group is formed, a new leader is appointed to make sure there is no relation between the inspector and the inspected. And inspection teams are given ample power so that inspected officials cannot find powerful figures to protect them.
CPC Central Committee General Secretary Xi Jinping, as the top leader, has several times asked the whole Party to strengthen the fight against corruption. Until now, the Central Leading Group For Inspection Work, headed by him, has had 45 meetings and sent seven groups of teams to 118 Party and governmental departments, which cover 32 provincial-level government departments and 55 centrally-administered State-owned enterprises.
In the coming future we will make more efforts on the following aspects.
The central inspection teams will be prompted to be stricter with every department inspected. They will carry out health checks on the Party, because tolerance of any discipline-breaking behavior could lead to fatal cancer. And only by being strict can they save the Party from being defeated by its own corruption.
Discipline is to be strictly implemented, and inspection teams will lay emphasis on whether inspected officials or organizations have followed discipline. Earlier officials used to be forgiven for minor faults, but facts prove this has only prompted them to commit worse deeds. Corruption must be curbed at the earliest stage possible.
Innovation is encouraged to make inspections more efficient and cover wider areas. Inspection teams are rather free to choose how to do their job. They may, as authorized by discipline norms, inspect a department without serving it notice in advance so as to prevent the possibility of the inspected officials hiding clues. Also, they could inspect a department a day after carrying the first round of inspection. Only with creativity can they carry out an overall effective inspection with limited human, monetary and other resources.
