China’s Fight against Corruption Shifts to State and Party Organizations

Jun 24, 2016 04:59 AM EDT

(Photo : Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) Sichuan Opera performers of the Jinyuan Opera Company eat lunch on May 3, 2016 during a break at the Dongyue Temple in Cangshan, Sichuan province, China. The tradition suffered a setback 50 years ago during the Cultural Revolution, the period of persecution and upheaval set into motion in May 1966 by Communist Party Chairman Mao Zedong to reassert his ideological authority.

China's fight against corruption continues to gain ground, as the next round of the central government's anti-corruption inspections will focus on the leadership of 32 state and party organs.

This was announced in a statement released by the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on Wednesday, reported China Daily.

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The forthcoming round of inspections, which will run over the next few months, will be led by inspection teams that will be dispatched to the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, and the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference - the nation's top political advisory body.

The inspection team will also visit the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, the National Audit Office, and the State Council organs in charge of legislative affairs and government policy work related to Hong Kong and Macao, and overseas Chinese residents.

Other party organizations that will be scrutinized by the inspection team in line with China's fight against corruption include the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee, the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, and a central leading group for the prevention and handling of cults.

The anti-corruption inspections will also include a re-examination of Tianjin Municipality and the provinces of Jiangxi, Henan, and Hubei, all of which have been inspected in previous rounds.

During a meeting on Wednesday to discuss the new inspections, Wang Qishan, head of the CCDI, highlighted the importance of these anti-graft inspections with regards to intra-Party supervision.

Wang stressed that inspectors should conform with the CPC Central Committee "in both thoughts and actions," and focus on Party building, anti-corruption work, and policy implementation.

He added they should also inspire institutional innovation to improve the Party, as China ramps up its campaign against corruption in government.

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