All Departments in Chinese Regime Now Targeted by Anti-Corruption Investigators

All Departments in Chinese Regime Now Targeted by Anti-Corruption Investigators
Wang Qishan attends the opening session of the National People's Congress on March 5, 2014. On Jan. 6, the anti-corruption watchdog headed by Wang announced that inspection teams will be sent to every Party department. Feng Li/Getty Images
Frank Fang
Frank Fang
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The new year has seen a redoubling of the efforts by the Chinese Communist Party leadership to oust the faction headed by former regime leader Jiang Zemin. The Party’s anti-corruption watchdog announced on Jan. 6 that it will now scrutinize the entire governing apparatus of the Chinese regime.

A total of 47 inspection teams will be tasked to watch over all 139 Party and state departments for any wrongdoing, according to an announcement on the Chinese Communist Party’s disciplinary agency’s website. “Sending inspection teams to all departments is crucial to eliminating any blind spots in supervision within the Party,” said Yang Xiaodu, the deputy head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).

The disciplinary inquest of the Party’s governing bodies began last January. The CCDI dispatched inspection teams to four key departments in the Party’s Central Committee—the General Office, Organization Department, Propaganda Department, and United Front Work Department. The Central Committee is an important leadership body in the Chinese regime.

Frank Fang
Frank Fang
Reporter
Frank Fang is a Taiwan-based reporter. He covers U.S., China, and Taiwan news. He holds a master's degree in materials science from Tsinghua University in Taiwan.
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