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China’s central government has started a new round of anti-corruption inspections across the nation. Inspection teams are being sent out by China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) to a total of 32 governmental agencies and provincial regions across the country. This is the 10th round of inspections, which aim to uncover abuses of official power such as bribery, theft and hedonism.
While the Chinese Communist Party began such inspections in 2003 and formalized the practice in 2008, they are by no means new in China and have taken place for hundreds of years. Chinese literature is replete with tales of virtuous young inspectors heroically bringing corrupt officials to justice.
Since taking office, Chinese president Xi Jinping has campaigned relentlessly against official corruption, which the Chinese Communist Party now views as an existential threat. Anti-corruption campaigns have netted dozens of high ranking civil and military leaders in recent years, but the campaigns are not limited to high officials. Xi has vowed to take on both “tigers” and “flies”.
Since 2010, tens of thousands of officials of both low and high rank, have been removed from office for corruption, according to the center on U.S.-China relations in the Asia Society, which tracks the campaigns and recently launched an interactive map that provides a visual representation of results across industry sectors and geographic regions.
The views presented in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of any other organization.
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An Ancient and Noble Practice Continues in China
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July 13, 2016
China’s central government has started a new round of anti-corruption inspections across the nation. Inspection teams are being sent out by China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) to a total of 32 governmental agencies and provincial regions across the country. This is the 10th round of inspections, which aim to uncover abuses of official power such as bribery, theft and hedonism.
While the Chinese Communist Party began such inspections in 2003 and formalized the practice in 2008, they are by no means new in China and have taken place for hundreds of years. Chinese literature is replete with tales of virtuous young inspectors heroically bringing corrupt officials to justice.
Since taking office, Chinese president Xi Jinping has campaigned relentlessly against official corruption, which the Chinese Communist Party now views as an existential threat. Anti-corruption campaigns have netted dozens of high ranking civil and military leaders in recent years, but the campaigns are not limited to high officials. Xi has vowed to take on both “tigers” and “flies”.
Since 2010, tens of thousands of officials of both low and high rank, have been removed from office for corruption, according to the center on U.S.-China relations in the Asia Society, which tracks the campaigns and recently launched an interactive map that provides a visual representation of results across industry sectors and geographic regions.
The views presented in this article are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent the views of any other organization.
