Officials in charge of the Central and State Organ Work Commissions answered questions from reporters regarding the "Work Rules for Discipline Inspection Commissions in Central and State Organ Departments" | Strictly governing the Party | Work Rules for Discipline Inspection Commissions in Central and State Organ Departments

Promoting the Standardized Construction of Discipline Inspection Commissions in Government Agencies to Connect the "Last Mileage" of Comprehensive and Strict Governance of the Party by Central and State Organs

Officials from the Central and State Organ Work Commissions Answering Journalists' Questions on the Work Rules of Discipline Inspection Commissions in Central and State Organ Departments

In July of this year, the Central and State Organ Work Committees issued the Work Rules for Discipline Inspection Commissions of Central and State Organ Departments. As a fundamental, comprehensive, and guiding party regulation to strengthen and regulate the work of disciplinary commissions in central and state organs, the "Rules" are of great significance for promoting the standardization construction of disciplinary commissions in organs and bridging the "last mile" of comprehensive and strict governance of the party by central and state organs. Recently, officials from the Central and State Organ Working Committees answered questions from reporters regarding the formulation and implementation of the Rules.

Q: What is the background for formulating the "Rules" and why is this internal party regulation introduced?

Answer: In July 2021, the General Office of the Communist Party of China Central Committee issued the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Discipline Inspection Commissions in Central and State Organs and Departments", proposing the task of formulating work rules for discipline inspection commissions in organs. In December 2021 and June 2022, the Regulations on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Commission of the CPC and the Rules for the Work of Organizations Dispatched by Discipline Inspection and Supervision Organs were issued successively. As the primary discipline inspection committee of the Party in the central and state organs, the discipline inspection commission of the organ must, on the basis of implementing the common requirements of the Party Central Committee for discipline inspection commissions at all levels, closely combine the actual discipline inspection work of the central and state organs, further clarify the leadership system, refine the duty performance procedures, and at the same time, strengthen the work connection with the discipline inspection and supervision team dispatched by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission. The formulation of the "Rules" is an important measure to implement the "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of Discipline Inspection Commissions in Central and State Organs and Departments", and is an objective need to implement and undertake relevant central party regulations.

In recent years, most disciplinary commissions of government agencies have formulated work regulations or rules of procedure, but the provisions on performance boundaries, decision-making, approval authority, and work procedures are not unified or standardized enough. There are obvious differences between departments, and some provisions are inconsistent with higher-level laws. From the feedback from the central inspection and the inspection and research conducted by the central and national government agencies, it can be seen that the standardization, rule of law, and regularization level of the work of the disciplinary committees need to be improved, especially in terms of the operation of the committees, leadership of lower level disciplinary committees, and the implementation of supervisory and assistance responsibilities. There is a lack of regulatory basis. Practice urgently requires a fundamental, comprehensive, and guiding regulation to strengthen and standardize the work of disciplinary commissions in government agencies. The Rules establish and unify the leadership system, work operation, and performance procedures of the disciplinary commission in the form of internal party regulations, providing basic guidelines for the performance of the disciplinary commission.

Q: Could you please introduce the main process of drafting the Rules?

Answer: The drafting of the Rules has gone through a process of extensive research, in-depth argumentation, repeated revisions, and continuous improvement. After the drafting work started, we adopted methods such as on-site visits, questionnaire surveys, telephone interviews, and discussions to listen to opinions and suggestions from various aspects of central and state organs. We carefully summarized the experience of standardized construction of disciplinary commissions in recent years, and conducted in-depth discussions and research on key and difficult issues at both theoretical and practical levels. After forming the initial draft, after multiple discussions and repeated revisions, opinions were widely solicited from various departments of the central and state organs, as well as from the disciplinary inspection and supervision teams dispatched by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission were also requested to conduct review and control. After the draft was formed, we conducted a compliance review in accordance with the Party's legislative work regulations. It was reviewed and approved by the Central and State Organ Working Committees on June 19 this year, and officially released on July 11. The process of drafting the Rules has achieved in-depth research, sufficient argumentation, promoting democracy, and standardized procedures, ensuring the legislative seriousness and authority of the Rules as an internal regulation of the Party.

Q: What are the main principles to be followed in formulating the Rules?

Answer: During the drafting process, we emphasized the following principles: firstly, we adhere to political leadership.The second is to adhere to regulatory positioning. In response to the fact that the disciplinary commission of the organization is not only the grassroots disciplinary inspection committee of the Party, but also an internal disciplinary inspection institution within the department, the characteristics of the disciplinary commission of the organization as a first level organization and an institution are integrated, and the positioning of organizational regulations and work regulations is taken into account, synchronously regulating the operation of the organization and work. The third is to adhere to a systematic concept. In terms of objects, achieve full coverage of disciplinary commissions in different types of departments; In terms of content, ensure that all responsibilities and work of the disciplinary commission are fully covered; In terms of responsibility, achieve the full chain of main responsibility, supervisory responsibility, leadership and guidance responsibility; In terms of system, it is necessary to ensure the full integration of the higher-level law, the linkage of the same level law, and the guidance of the lower level law. The fourth is to adhere to integrity and innovation. On the basis of summarizing practical experience and grasping characteristics and laws, highlighting problem orientation and responding to practical concerns, clear norms are made for the working relationship between the disciplinary commission of the organization, the responsibilities of the secretary and committee members, the scope of assistance responsibilities, and the approval authority of each link. Through institutional innovation, common problems that are weak in work and reflect prominent issues in practice are promoted and solved.

Q: What are the main contents of the Rules?

Answer: The Rules consist of 6 chapters and 41 articles.

The first chapter "General Provisions" elaborates on the guiding ideology of the work of the disciplinary commission of the organization, clarifies the nature and positioning of the disciplinary commission of the organization, and proposes six principles that the disciplinary commission of the organization must follow in fulfilling its responsibilities and carrying out its work.

Chapter 2 "Leadership System" mainly regulates the working relationship between the disciplinary commission of the organization and its superiors and subordinates. On the contrary, the requirements for the disciplinary inspection work of the department's party group leadership, the dual leadership of the party committee and the disciplinary inspection and supervision working committee, and the business guidance and supervision inspection of the dispatched disciplinary inspection and supervision team have been refined from three levels. To clarify the authority and methods of the disciplinary commission of the organization to lead the lower level disciplinary commission and guide the disciplinary inspection committee members of grassroots party organizations.

Chapter Three "Generation and Operation" mainly regulates matters related to the internal operation and self construction of the disciplinary commission. Article 9-12 clarifies the formation of the disciplinary commission, the methods of deliberation and decision-making, and the responsibilities of the secretaries and members from the perspective of the disciplinary commission as a primary organization. Article 13-15 proposes requirements for the strengthening of the leadership team and cadre team of the disciplinary commission from three aspects: political construction of the Party, ability to fulfill responsibilities, and internal supervision and management.

Chapter 4 "Responsibilities and Tasks" mainly regulates the scope and methods of performance of disciplinary commissions in government agencies. Article 16 is a general provision on the responsibilities and tasks of disciplinary commissions in government agencies; Article 17-23 clarifies the authority and methods of supervision, discipline enforcement, and accountability around fulfilling supervisory responsibilities; Article 24-26 clarifies the content of assisting the Party committees of government agencies in promoting comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, strengthening Party conduct construction, and organizing and coordinating anti-corruption work in order to fulfill their duties of assistance; Article 27-30 clarifies the other responsibilities assigned to the disciplinary commission by the Party Constitution and relevant Party regulations.

Chapter 5 "Disciplinary Review Procedure" mainly regulates the disciplinary review and other business work of the disciplinary commission of the agency. Based on the actual disciplinary inspection work of government agencies, the relevant provisions of the superior law have been refined, and the entire process from handling petitions and reports to enforcing penalties has been standardized in terms of work procedures, approval authority, and standard requirements.

Chapter 6 "Supplementary Provisions" defines the authority determined in the "Rules" and the meanings of "above" and "below". It stipulates that the disciplinary commissions of the national bureaus and relevant ministerial level units under departmental management shall refer to and implement them, and clarifies the interpretation authority, implementation date, etc.

Q: Can you please talk about the specific requirements for learning, promoting, and implementing the "Rules"?

Answer: The vitality of a system lies in its execution. The Central and State Organ Working Committees have put forward clear requirements for the study, publicity, and implementation of the "Rules" in their notices. Central and state organs and departments should fully recognize the importance of issuing the "Rules", organize learning, publicity, and training in various forms, and effectively enhance the political consciousness, ideological consciousness, and action consciousness of implementing the "Rules". The party committee of the government should strengthen organizational leadership, regard the "Rules" as an important content of the party branch's learning, promote grassroots party organizations and party members and cadres to seriously study and understand the core essence of the "Rules", understand the authority, methods, and content of the disciplinary commission of the government to perform its duties, and strengthen the consciousness of consciously accepting supervision. The disciplinary commission of the government should adopt methods such as secretary leadership, discussion and exchange, organize full-time and part-time disciplinary inspection cadres to study the "Rules" item by item, comprehensively grasp the content of the "Rules", and fully implement them. We should combine the study and implementation of the "Rules" with the study and implementation of the "Regulations on the Work of the Discipline Inspection Committee of the CPC", "Opinions on Strengthening the Construction of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Central and State Organs and Departments" and other regulatory documents, and accurately grasp the requirements for the performance of the commission for discipline inspection. We need to benchmark against the various provisions of the Rules, thoroughly investigate the problems that exist in the performance of disciplinary commissions in government agencies, and promptly correct those that are inconsistent with the Rules. Based on the Rules, we will further standardize and refine work procedures, approval authority, etc., and improve the system of disciplinary inspection work in government agencies.

Next, the Central and State Organ Work Committees will include the "Rules" in the training courses for all disciplinary inspection cadres, and use media such as newspapers and the internet to increase publicity and interpretation efforts, promoting the formation of a strong atmosphere of learning and implementation. Taking the implementation of the "Rules" as an important part of the special inspection of the performance evaluation and disciplinary review of party building work in government agencies, further improving relevant supporting systems, effectively promoting the standardized construction of disciplinary commissions in government agencies through the implementation of the "Rules", ensuring that disciplinary commissions serve as the "disciplinary forces" of the first line of "two safeguards", and achieving new results in promoting the construction of party conduct and clean governance and anti-corruption work in central and national agencies.