Real-name whistleblowers must be replied to: Draft law

A new draft amendment to the Administrative Supervision Law has proposed that discipline authorities are required to reply to each individual who provides his or her real name while reporting corruption in the government.

The draft law was sent to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), the country's top legislature, for its first reading yesterday. Usually, a draft law has to go through three reviews before being adopted.

The draft also stipulates that supervision departments should keep secret the contents of the tip-offs, the identity of the informant and details of the subsequent investigation.