Party discipline inspection unveils officials’ misconduct

BEIJING, Jan. 26 (NsNewsWire) — The discipline watchdog of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has noted collusion of businessmen and government officials among prominent issues uncovered in the second round of discipline inspections for 2014.

Other high-profile issues included corruptions of officials with good ability, severe corrupt acts by low-rank officials, and buying and selling of official positions, according to inspection results posted Sunday at the website of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), reports Xinhua.

Since July, the inspectors were sent to oversee the performance of officials in the provincial-level regions of Guangxi, Shanghai, Qinghai, Tibet, Zhejiang, Hebei, Shaanxi, Heilongjiang, Sichuan and Jiangsu.

This round of inspections also covered the General Administration of Sport, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and state-owned automaker China FAW Group Corporation.

The Communist Party of China have launched five rounds of inspections since the CPC 18th National Congress in 2012. The CCDI has investigated a large amount of corruption cases with the leads offered by the inspection teams.