President Xi Jinping has announced that he will broaden his anti-graft campaign to include Macau and Hong Kong.
China’s anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), will turn its attention to more than 30 government agencies in the Special Administrative Regions in the next few weeks with finance, foreign affairs and public security among the offices to come under closer scrutiny.
Wang Qishan, head of the CCDI, said it was important that the government employ a range of methods to stamp out corruption following the success of similar investigations on the mainland since President Xi took power four years ago.
“Inspections are an important way to carry out internal party supervision,” he said.
“Inspectors must stay in step with President Xi Jinping and examine whether the party’s guidelines and policies have been truthfully enforced in a bid to resolutely safeguard the party’s central leadership.”
President Xi’s famed ant-graft campaign has seen more than 100 officials arrested over the past few years.
