China’s Top Disciplinary Body Is Itself Under Scrutiny

Cai Qi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Central Committee and secretary of the CCP Beijing Municipal Committee, attends the closing session of the National People's Congress in Beijing's Great Hall of the People on March 15, 2019. Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images

China’s notorious anti-corruption watchdog is now being watched by an administrative body, with some experts saying the country’s leader Xi Jinping no longer trusts the disciplinary agency.

China’s central authorities recently released several official documents regulating the standard procedures and leadership structure of China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI). These new directives also redefined CCDI’s job description.