Supervision system to battle graft becomes national law

The top legislature adopted the country’s first law on national supervision on Tuesday, offering a legal basis for a centralized, unified, authoritative and efficient supervisory network to fight graft.

The new law, an essential part of China’s reform of supervisory institutions, is expected to serve as a fundamental and guiding law against corruption and for State supervision.

Under the law, new supervisory commissions will be established at the national, provincial, city and county levels. They will oversee all staff members of public offices, such as in Party organs, legislatures, governments, courts, procuratorates and political advisory bodies, as well as executives of State-owned enterprises and teachers in public schools.

The law was put to a vote at the closing meeting of the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress on Tuesday morning. After its adoption by the top legislature, President Xi Jinping signed a presidential decree to promulgate the supervision law.

At the closing meeting, national lawmakers also adopted resolutions on the Government Work Report and the work reports of the 12th NPC Standing Committee, the Supreme People’s Court and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate.

They also passed resolutions on the reports of the national economic and social development plan, as well as central and local budgets.