Inspectors boost oversight of rural officials

Disciplinary authorities nationwide have actively explored ways to better supervise the work of village committees and officials in the past year, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC.

Last year, Yuechi county in Guang'an, Sichuan province, launched discipline inspection teams consisting of people from different occupations in each township to supervise the committees and officials in the villages.

Each team has three to eight inspectors, including Party members, retired teachers or officials. They will hear villagers' opinions and report the problems they found with the village work or officials to the county authority.