Corruption fighters set for provinces

Independent commissions will work without interference in pilot programs

Three provincial authorities have been chosen to try out a new anti-graft commission next year as a way to streamline efforts to combat major corruption, the top discipline watchdog said on Tuesday.

The commissions, to be tried in Beijing and in Shanxi and Zhejiang provinces starting in January, will be independent from local government to prevent interference, according to a source that declined to be named with the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.