Central Commission for Discipline Inspection 中国共产党中央纪律检查委员会 | ||
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Overview | ||
Type | Supervisory organ Deputy national level agency | |
Responsible to | National Congress | |
Subordinated to | Central Committee | |
Elected by | National Congress | |
Length of term | Five years | |
Term limits | None | |
History | ||
Established | by 5th National Congress on 9 May 1927 | |
First convocation | 9 May 1927 | |
Latest convocation | 9–11 January 2023 | |
Leadership | ||
Leader office | Secretary | |
Secretary | Li Xi | |
Deputy Secretary | ||
Secretary-General | Li Xinran | |
Standing Committee | 19 members (20th) | |
Members | ||
Total | 133 members | |
Newcomers | 88 members (20th) | |
Old | 45 members (19th) | |
Elections | ||
Last election | The 20th National Congress on 22 October 2022 | |
Next election | The 21st National Congress in 2027 | |
Meeting place | ||
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CCDI Headquarters 41 Ping An Lixi Street, Xicheng District, Beijing | ||
Constitution | ||
"Constitution of the Chinese Communist Party" | ||
Rules | ||
"Regulation on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China" | ||
Website | ||
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Traditional Chinese | 中國共產黨中央紀律檢查委員會 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中国共产党中央纪律检查委员会 | ||||||
Literal meaning | China Communist Party Central Inspection Discipline Commission | ||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 中央紀委 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中央纪委 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Central Discipline-Commission | ||||||
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Traditional Chinese | 中紀委 | ||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中纪委 | ||||||
Literal meaning | Central-Discipline-Commission | ||||||
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The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI)[note 1] is the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The CCDI is under the control of the CCP Central Committee, per the principle of unified power. It is tasked with defending the party constitution, enforcing inner-party regulations, coordinating anti-corruption work, and safeguarding the core position of Xi Jinping in the CCP Central Committee and the party as a whole. Safeguarding the political position of Xi and the Central Committee is, officially, the CCDI's highest responsibility.[1] Since the vast majority of officials at all levels of government are also CCP members, the commission is, in practice, the top anti-corruption body in China.
At its first plenary session after being elected by a CCP National Congress, the CCDI elect its secretary, deputy secretaries, secretary general and other Standing Committee members. The CCDI then reports the election results to the Central Committee, which can either approve or disapprove of the results. The CCDI Standing Committee is responsible for convening and presiding over plenary sessions of the CCDI. When the CCDI is not in session, its powers and responsibilities are delegated to the CCDI Standing Committee, which has to implement the decisions of the CCP Central Committee and the CCDI plenary sessions. It is held accountable to the CCDI plenary sessions. The secretary convenes, presides over the work and sets the agenda of the CCDI Standing Committee meetings. The current secretary is Li Xi, who was elected by the 1st Plenary Session of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and approved by the 20th Central Committee on 23 October 2022.
The modern commission was established at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 11th Central Committee in December 1978. Control systems had existed previously under the name "Central Control Commission" for a brief period in 1927 and again between 1955 and 1968, and under its present name from 1949 to 1955. It was disbanded during the Cultural Revolution in 1969. In 1993, the internal operations of the agency and the government's Ministry of Supervision (MOS) were merged. However, beginning with Hu Jintao's term as General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party in November 2002, and especially following Xi Jinping's assumption of the party leadership in November 2012, the CCDI has undergone significant reforms to increase its autonomy.
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