The Communist
Party of China (CPC) Central Committee has issued a set of guidelines on
strengthening the supervision on chief officials and leadership teams
at all levels, in a bid to further strengthen the Party and enhance
discipline. Many effective
measures have been implemented and experience has been accumulated in
this area of work since the 18th CPC National Congress in 2012, yet the
oversight on chief officials at all levels remains a weak link, said the
guidelines, which were dated late March and made public on June 1. A focus of
such oversight should be political oversight, which scrutinizes the
performances of chief officials and leadership teams at all levels in
staying loyal to the Party and acting in accordance with the Party's
nature and purpose, according to the guidelines. Noting that
the oversight on chief officials at all levels should be the top
priority, the guidelines said these officials in command should
willingly accept such oversight and have the courage to shoulder
responsibilities in work. Stressing
top-down organizational oversight, the guidelines said chief officials
must step up their disciplinary supervision on the chief officials at a
lower level of hierarchy. Members of a
leadership team should supervise each other and engage in criticism and
self-criticism, according to the guidelines.
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