Abstract
Since the 18th CPC National Congress, China has cracked down hard on corruption. Among all the efforts, the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work has made the most contribution. As some people consider the Ming Dynasty’s Touring Censorial Inspectors as “China’s Ancient Central Leading Group for Inspection Work”, it is not difficult to find out certain similarity existing between these two kinds of anti-corruption mechanisms that have both made certain accomplishments. If boiled down to their nature, both the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work and the Touring Censorial Inspector System reflect the authorization-agency mechanism, which is plagued with asymmetric information and other problems. By comparing the Ming Dynasty’s Touring Censorial Inspectors, i.e. a typical example of the ancient inspection system, and the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work—the main anti-corruption body since the 18th CPC National Congress, lessons from the ancient practices can be drawn for today’s reference, which are both conducive to providing theoretical basis for advancing China’s current anti-corruption tasks and promoting the anti-corruption effectiveness and offer suggestions to enhance anti-corruption progress in China.
Highlights
Corruption, as a common problem in every country throughout the world, has been rapidly sprawling in China
Through analysis of the data relating to those corrupted officials who have been removed from office as well as inspection group leaders, it is unveiled that the Central Leading Group for Inspection Work is growing ever stronger against the anti-corruption background, and its political authority, staffing and inspected objectives are all special and characterized with the features of times, which becomes a significant factor influencing its effectiveness, while makes its future development unpredictable
This study aims to tap into the correlation between the mechanisms and provide basis for studies on the effectiveness of anti-corruption
Summary
Corruption, as a common problem in every country throughout the world, has been rapidly sprawling in China. Such phenomenon imperils and damages the authority and effectiveness of law, and destroys China’s socialist economic bases and shakes its social political basis, forming a potential threat to our Party, nation and society as well. It is required publicly to exterminate corruption for preservation of people’s public interests, which reflects democracy-based political ethics. This is a fundamental symbol of the people as masters over China. “Anti-corruption and Clean Government Promotion” has been considered as part of political ethics as well as the key to two essential segments of political ethics, namely, governmental and official ethics
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