China News Service, Beijing, December 22 (Li Jingze and Liang Xiaohui) The draft law on supervisory officials was submitted to the 13th National People's Congress Standing Committee for the first review on the 22nd.

The main contents of the draft include general rules, duties, obligations and rights of inspectors, conditions and selection of inspectors, appointment and removal of inspectors, management of inspectors, assessment and rewards of inspectors, supervision and punishment of inspectors, Career security, etc.

  The draft pointed out that the formulation of a law on supervisory officials is an inevitable requirement for upholding and strengthening the party's leadership of the country's supervision work.

The formulation of the Law on Supervisors, clarifying the party's leadership over the supervisor system, standardizing the selection and employment, functional responsibilities, management and supervision, etc., is of great significance to building a loyal and clean disciplinary inspection and supervision team under the leadership of the party.

It is also an important measure to deepen the reform of the national supervision system.

The formulation of the Law on Supervisors is conducive to further deepening the reform of the national supervision system, improving the anti-corruption leadership system and working mechanism, perfecting the party and state supervision system, and promoting the modernization of the national governance system and governance capabilities.

  The draft also pointed out that the formulation of the Law on Supervisors is an important guarantee for promoting supervisors to perform their duties in accordance with the law.

Concrete, institutionalized, and legalized requirements for the performance of supervisory officials will help to further clarify power boundaries, tighten internal control mechanisms, strengthen self-discipline, strengthen external supervision, and promote the correct exercise of national supervisory power norms.

It is also a practical need to build a team of high-quality professional supervisors.

Focusing on improving the political quality and professional ability of inspectors, the conditions for inspectors are established with high standards to provide legal compliance for building a team of inspectors with strong political and strong skills.

  It is reported that the formulation of the Law on Supervisors has been included in the 2020 Legislative Work Plan of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress.

The drafting work was led by the National Supervisory Committee, with the participation of the NPC Supervision and Judicial Committee and the Legal Affairs Committee of the NPC Standing Committee. The Supervisory Official Law (draft) was submitted to the NPC Supervision and Judicial Committee for deliberation.

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