BEIJING: The Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has released the revised regulations on the Party’s disciplinary inspections.
Based on the Party Constitution and the achievements made in the theoretical, practical and institutional innovation of the inspection work in the new era, the revised regulations further improve the institutions, mechanisms and responsibility system for disciplinary inspections, according to a circular issued by the CPC Central Committee.
The regulations hold significant importance in upholding and strengthening the CPC Central Committee’s centralized and unified leadership over the Party’s inspection work, as well as promoting the high-quality development of the inspections, the circular read, asking Party committees and groups at all levels to take studying and implementing the regulations as an important political task.
The regulations urge efforts to conduct concrete, targeted and regular discipline inspections, and stipulate the principles, leadership system, working mechanism, primary responsibilities, procedures, methods and powers of discipline inspection work.
Responsibilities for the rectification of any issues discovered in the course of inspection work should be clearly defined, the rectification mechanism should be improved, and the results of inspection tours must be put to good use comprehensively so that both the symptoms and root causes of any problems are addressed, per the regulations.
They also include corresponding provisions to strengthen coordination between discipline inspection and other forms of supervision to form a synergy of supervision.
While implementing the regulations, all localities and government departments are encouraged to report important information and suggestions to the Party Central Committee in a timely manner.