Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

中国共产党中央纪律检查委员会
20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (2022–2027)
Overview
TypeSupervisory organ
Deputy national level agency
Responsible toNational Congress
Subordinated toCentral Committee
Elected byNational Congress
Length of termFive years
Term limitsNone
History
Establishedby 5th National Congress on 9 May 1927 (1927-05-09)
First convocation9 May 1927
Latest convocation9–11 January 2023
Leadership
Leader officeSecretary
SecretaryLi Xi
Deputy Secretary
Secretary-GeneralLi Xinran
Standing Committee19 members (20th)
Members
Total133 members
Newcomers88 members (20th)
Old45 members (19th)
Elections
Last electionThe 20th National Congress on 22 October 2022
Next electionThe 21st National Congress in 2027
Meeting place
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
www.ccdi.gov.cn Edit this at Wikidata
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
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 meaningChina Communist Party Central Inspection Discipline Commission
Commonly abbreviated as
Traditional Chinese中央紀委
Simplified Chinese中央纪委
Literal meaningCentral Discipline-Commission
Further abbreviated as
Traditional Chinese中紀委
Simplified Chinese中纪委
Literal meaningCentral-Discipline-Commission

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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  1. ^ "中国共产党纪律检查委员会工作条例" [Regulations on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Communist Party of China] (in Chinese). Communist Party Membership Network. Archived from the original on 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.

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