The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC) will be closely monitoring central organ officials. (Photo : www.news.xinhuanet.com)
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), China's top discipline watchdog, will be overseeing 47 agencies tasked to check 139 central organs for misconduct, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
According to a plan released by the CPC Central Committee's General Office to the public on Tuesday, the move is part of China's efforts to streamline its inspection system.
The CCDI, in its bid to demand more efficiency from inspectors, said that 27 of the 47 agencies are mandated to monitor multiple agencies.
"These agencies have direct ties with only one department but supervise more, which makes them less attached and thus more independent. It's easier for them to focus on their work," CCDI vice secretary Yang Xiaodu explained.
Among the 27, five commenced their work in 2015, the article said.
Yang further emphasized the importance of monitoring central organs, saying: "Central Party and government organs are the nerve center of our country's governance system and must be absolutely loyal to the Party. However, it is a fact that some are tainted, and the anti-corruption situation there is arduous and complicated."
Under the streamlined system, both the chiefs of the inspection agencies and the incompetent central organ officials will be punished upon failing to spot and report any form of misconduct.
"Only the brave and responsible can be appointed heads of inspection agencies, and they must devote undivided attention to disciplinary inspection and not have other jobs distract them," the CCDI official added.
For him, the close scrutiny of the 380,000 Party members belonging to various central organs is "the best example of strict management of the CPC."
Last year, more than 29,000 people were subjected to the watchdog's disciplinary measures as part of China's intensified campaign against graft and corruption. A total of 29,011 individuals were involved in at least 32,000 cases breaking the CPC's eight-point regulations, the CCDI posted on its website.
