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Chinese Communist Party’s top corruption watchdog takes aim at ‘double dealers’ within its ranks

  • Officials and cadres who are dishonest and disloyal to the Communist Party to be targeted in internal supervision drive, CCDI official says
  • Body’s chief Li Xi has described campaign as an ‘important political task’ to ensure watchdog power is not abused

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Cao Chunxia, an official in charge of disciplining cadres with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), has explained the ongoing  internal supervision mechanism.  Photo: SCMP
Vanessa Caiin Shanghai
The top disciplinary watchdog of China’s ruling Communist Party has pledged to carry out self-inspection within its ranks, as part of a nationwide campaign aimed at building a “loyal, clean and responsible” team.

This year’s internal supervision agenda at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) includes seriously investigating dishonest “double dealers” who are disloyal to the party, said Cao Chunxia, an official in charge of disciplining cadres within the supervisory system.

Both officials and cadres will be regulated under the drive, Cao said, as she pledged a zero-tolerance attitude at the agency tasked with investigating corruption at the central and provincial levels.

The campaign, launched last month, also aims to improve the cadre supervision mechanism to strengthen “standardisation, legalisation and formalisation”, Cao said.

The sweeping campaign by China’s top anti-corruption bodies, the CCDI and the National Supervision Commission (NSC), is the first of its kind since 2012 – the year Xi Jinping became party general secretary and launched a high-profile anti-corruption campaign.

CCDI chief Li Xi, China’s No 7 most powerful official, said the campaign is “an important political task” for watchdog bodies to ensure their power is not abused.

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