context: Central supervision is becoming a regular feature of Beijing’s anti-corruption efforts. Inspection periods have been lengthened by a month and feedback meetings have become higher-profile, with Central Leading Group for Inspection Work deputy head or members now present. Misbehaving cadres can no longer count on simply 'waiting out' campaigns.
Central Commission for Discipline and Investigation (CCDI) and National Supervision Commission (NSC) list problems uncovered in the first round of central inspections of Party organisations in 14 provincial-level regions, ten cities at sub-provincial level, eight central government agencies and eight state-owned enterprises. It demanded leading Party officials take responsibility and fix problems raised, even if the issue had surfaced under predecessors.
Cadres were reprimanded for
- insufficient study of Xi Jinping Thought and the policies that accompany it, as well as weak Party building at the grassroots level
- poorly implementing central directives on fighting organised crime and alleviating poverty
- corruption, which remains severe and complex, and includes selling of official posts, forming local cliques and nepotism
- fixing problems superficially
While the majority of criticism applied to all inspection targets, specific or particularly severe issues in certain provinces were singled out
- bad influence of former leaders yet to be eliminated (specific mentions include Ji Jianye 季建业 Nanjing former mayor, and Bo Xilai 薄熙来 Chongqing former Party secretary)
- Shanxi: weak on preventing pollution
- Fujian: not adhering to the ideal ‘pure and warm’ government–business relations
- Shandong: accountability too ‘soft’