University system faces stronger oversight

The Ministry of Education will implement stronger scrutiny over the university system's leaders and impose harsher punishments for corruption, the country's top anti-graft agency said on Sunday.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China published, on Sunday, 18 measures developed by the Education Ministry that require ministry-affiliated institutes and colleges to strengthen supervision over key processes, including promotions, enrollment, campus construction and the allocation of research funds.

Anti-graft supervision should specifically target high-ranking officials such as college presidents, deans and admission officials, who hold absolute power in major areas related to the allocation of resources and funds as well as staff appointments, according to the measures.