Upgraded supervisory system hits the mark

Commissions have been in full swing since the country's top legislature adopted the Supervision Law and an amendment to the Constitution that defined their status. Zhang Yan reviews the reform's progress in the past year.

The Supervision Law and an amendment to the Constitution adopted by the first session of the 13th National People's Congress in March last year laid a solid legal foundation for an upgraded anti-graft task force, with the National Commission of Supervision and its local branches set up across the country in the past year.

Compared with the Communist Party of China's disciplinary authorities, which supervise Party members, supervisory commissions monitor all public officers, including civil servants, management at State-owned enterprises, and workers at public schools and medical institutes.