Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China 中国共产党中央纪律检查委员会
Communist Party of China emblem
Type
Type	Control Institution
Term limits	Five years
Leadership
Secretary	Wang Qishan Since 15 November 2012
Deputy Secretary	Zhao Hongzhu, Du Jincai, Wu Yuliang, Zhang Jun, Yang Xiaodu, Liu Jinguo, and Li Shulei
Secretary General	Yang Xiaochao Since July 2015
Parent body	Central Committee
Elected by	CPC National Congress
Responsible to	CPC National Congress
Jurisdiction	Communist Party of China
Structure
Seats	130 (Commission) 21 (Standing Committee)
Authority	CPC Constitution
Website
www.ccdi.gov.cn (Chinese)

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) is the highest internal-control institution of the Communist Party of China (CPC), tasked with enforcing internal rules and regulations and combating corruption and malfeasance in the Party. Since the vast majority of officials at all levels of government are also Communist Party members, the commission is in practice the top anti-corruption body in China.

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. Although the commission is theoretically independent of the Party's executive institutions such as the Central Committee and its Politburo, historically the work of the CCDI has been directed by the Party's top leaders. However, beginning with Hu Jintao's term as General Secretary of the Communist Party of China in November 2002, and especially following Xi Jinping's assumption of the party leadership in November 2012, the CCDI has undergone significant reforms to make it more independent from party operations below the Central Committee.

According to the Party's Constitution, the members of the CCDI are elected by the National Congress and serve for a term of five years. After the national congress in which it is elected, the CCDI convenes to elect its Secretary, deputy secretaries, secretary general and Standing Committee. Elected officials must then be endorsed by the Central Committee to take office. The Secretary of the CCDI has, since 1997, been a member of the Politburo Standing Committee and, since 2009, served as the leader of the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work. The current secretary is Wang Qishan, who took office on 15 November 2012.