Chinese Communist Party rules out 'independent' checks in graft fight

China's top anti-graft watchdog said on Monday that a mechanism to keep officials in check independent of the Communist Party cannot exist in China, as it vowed to build a new supervision system to underpin President Xi Jinping's war on corruption. Xi has presided over a sweeping campaign to stamp out corruption at all levels of the party, from high-level "tigers" down to low-level "flies", warning that the rot could threaten the party's future if left unchecked. At a yearly meeting this weekend, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) pledged to create a national supervisory commission and a corresponding national law, as part of a move to reform the oversight system for thousands of party officials.

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