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, the party's anti-graft body. The decision to formally establish the leading group was announced in November 2009 by the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party. The group gained special prominence since 2013 under the leadership of Wang Qishan as a result of the wide-reaching anti-corruption campaign following the 18th Party Congress. The Leading Group and its

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is tasked with dispatching "inspection teams" (''xunshizu'', 巡视组) to the provinces, central government organs such as ministries, and state-owned enterprises. Under Wang Qishan, inspection teams have been sent out in several 'rounds', with each round numbering about a dozen inspection teams who 'embed' themselves as part of a regional or central organization for weeks to conduct inspection work on party disciplinary enforcement. Several prominent cases, such as that of Hubei Vice-Governor

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, Inner Mongolia politician

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Party Secretary Wan Qingliang, and a whole host of officials from Shanxi province, were initiated by the central inspection teams.

Membership

19th Central Committee

*Leader **

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, Politburo Standing Committee, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection

18th Central Committee

*Leader ** Wang Qishan, Politburo Standing Committee, Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection *Deputy Leaders **

, Politburo, head of the

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, Secretary of the Central Secretariat, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection *Chief of

**Wang Hongjin () *Members ** Cui Shaopeng, Secretary-General of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection **

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, Minister of Supervision ** Chen Xi, deputy head of the Organization Department ** Zhang Jun, Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection ** Wang Ersheng, deputy head of the Organization Department **Li Xiaohong **Zhou Zuyi (), member of the Organization Department

References

{{Central Commission for Discipline Inspection Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party Leading groups of the Chinese Communist Party 2009 establishments in China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection