Central Leading Group for Inspection Work

Central Leading Group for Inspection Work
中央巡视工作领导小组

Formation	November 2009
Type	Coordination organ
Location	Beijing
Leader	Wang Qishan
Deputy Leaders	Zhao Leji Zhao Hongzhu
Chief of General Office	Li Xiaohong
Parent organization	Central Committee of the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Subsidiaries	General Office of the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work Various Inspection Teams

The Central Leading Group for Inspection Work (Chinese: 中央巡视工作领导小组; pinyin: Zhōngyāng xúnshì gōngzuò lǐngdǎo xiǎozǔ) is a coordination body set up under the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for the purpose of managing party disciplinary inspections nationwide.

Inspection work began in the early 1990s and was a collaboration between the Organization Department and the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's anti-graft body. The decision to formally establish the leading group was announced in November 2009 by the Central Committee of the Communist Party.^[1]

The group gained special prominence since 2013 under the leadership of Wang Qishan as a result of the wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign following the 18th Party Congress. The Leading Group and its General Office is tasked with dispatching "inspection teams" (xunshizu, 巡视组) to the provinces, central government organs such as ministries, and state-owned enterprises.^[1]

Under Wang Qishan, inspection teams have been sent out in several 'rounds', with each round numbering about a dozen inspection teams who 'embed' themselves as part of a regional or central organization for weeks to conduct inspection work on party disciplinary enforcement. Several prominent cases, such as that of Hubei Vice-Governor Guo Youming, Inner Mongolia politician Wang Suyi, Guangzhou Party Secretary Wan Qingliang, and a whole host of officials from Shanxi province, were initiated by the central inspection teams.

Membership

• Leader
  • Wang Qishan, Politburo Standing Committee, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
• Deputy Leaders
  • Zhao Leji, Politburo, head of the Organization Department of the Communist Party of China
  • Zhao Hongzhu, Secretary of the Central Secretariat, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
• Chief of General Office
  • Li Xiaohong (黎晓宏)
• Members
  • Cui Shaopeng, Secretary-General of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
  • Huang Shuxian, Minister of Supervision
  • Chen Xi, deputy head of the Organization Department
  • Zhang Jun, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
  • Wang Ersheng, deputy head of the Organization Department
  • Li Xiaohong
  • Zhou Zuyi (周祖翼), member of the Organization Department

References

Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
Major organs	Politburo Politburo Standing Committee General Secretary Secretariat Central Military Commission
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Institutions	Central Party School Party History Research Office Compilation and Translation Bureau People's Daily Qiushi Guangming Daily Executive Leadership Academies Pudong Yan'an Jinggangshan
Commissions	National Security Political and Legal Affairs Spiritual Civilization Public Security Management Institutional Organization Office Secrecy Office
Leading Groups	Comprehensively Deepening Reforms Financial and Economic Affairs Foreign Affairs Inspection Work Internet Security and Informatization Office Cryptography Work Office Military Reform Propaganda and Ideology Taiwan Office Hong Kong and Macau Office Prevention and Handling of Cult Issues Office
Sittings	1st (1921) vacant 2nd (1922) 3rd (1923) 4th (1925) 5th (1927) 6th (1928) 7th (1945) 8th (1956) 9th (1969) 10th (1973) 11th (1977) 12th (1982) 13th (1987) 14th (1992) 15th (1997) 16th (2002) 17th (2007) 18th (2012)

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China
Secretaries	Wang Hebo (1927) Liu Shaoqi (1928–34) Li Weihan (1934–49) Zhu De (1949–55) Dong Biwu (1955–68) Chen Yun (1978–87) Qiao Shi (1987–92) Wei Jianxing (1992–2002) Wu Guanzheng (2002–07) He Guoqiang (2007–12) Wang Qishan (2012–)
Incumbent deputies	Zhao Hongzhu (2012–) Huang Shuxian (2007–) Du Jincai (2012–) Wu Yuliang (2011–) Zhang Jun (2012–) Yang Xiaodu (2013–) Liu Jinguo (2014–)
Secretary General	Huang Kecheng (1978–82) Wang Heshou (1982–87) Wang Deying (1987–92) Wang Guang (1992–97) Yuan Chunqing (1997–2001) Wu Dingfu (2001–02) Gan Yisheng (2002–07) Zhang Yi (2007) Wu Yuliang (2007–12) Cui Shaopeng (2012–15) Yang Xiaochao (2015–)
SC sittings	7th (1949–55) 7th (1955–56) 8th (1956–69) 11th (1978–82) 12th (1982–87) 13th (1987–92) 14th (1992–97) 15th (1997–2002) 16th (2002–07) 17th (2007–12) 18th (2012–17)
CCDI sittings	7th (1949–55) 7th (1955–56) 8th (1956–69) 11th (1978–82) 12th (1982–87) 13th (1987–92) 14th (1992–97) 15th (1997–2002) 16th (2002–07) 17th (2007–12) 18th (2012–17)
See also	Internal organization Institutions directly under the CCDI Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central Military Commission Central Leading Group for Inspection Work