China's top anti-graft agency slams slack local graft-busters for allowing corrupt cadres to rise
Local disciplinary watchdog and party cadres criticised for oversights
The central anti-corruption agency has slammed local graft-busters for their slackness and called for greater discipline in a post on its website after its chief Wang Qishan's visit to Zhejiang province over the weekend.
The article by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said some local officials were promoted despite being corrupt because of the local disciplinary watchdog and party cadres' oversight.
"Regarding the anti-corruption campaign, would it ever be possible to just rely on the central government to put in all the effort?" read the article.
It said most of the senior officials detained in the graft investigation had been corrupt since they were in lower-level positions, and urged all levels of graft-busters to use the CCDI's inspection tour system to uncover problems to build a better political ecosystem from the bottom up.
"It's a crucial point and could affect the whole campaign," the article said.
The CCDI has conducted at least four rounds of general inspection tours and three rounds of targeted tours. All provinces have been inspected, and this year, state-owned enterprises are at the top of its inspection list.