CHINA TO REPLACE CORRUPTION WATCHDOG
October 1st, 2017
The Chinese government is to set up a new anti-corruption agency, the National Supervisory Commission, to replace the existing watchdog the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). The change to be confirmed at the 19th National People's Congress on October 18, comes as China seeks greater cooperation with international law enforcement bodies as part of President Xi Jinping’s anti-corruption drive. As an internal Communist Party discipline body, outside agencies have been reluctant to deal with the CCDI, which leads Operation Fox Hunt against ...
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