Ministry of Supervision

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Ministry of Supervision of the People's Republic of China
中华人民共和国监察部
Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó Jiānchábù
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Agency overview
FormedSeptember 1954
July 1987
DissolvedApril 1959
March 2018
Superseding agency
Jurisdiction Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg Mainland China
Headquarters Beijing
Parent agency State Council
Website http://www.mos.gov.cn

The Ministry of Supervision of the People's Republic of China (MOS) was a Cabinet-level department of the State Council responsible for maintaining an efficient, disciplined, clean and honest government, and educate public servants about their duty and discipline. Many of its operations were merged with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party in 1993, meaning that the two institutions were effectively combined into a single body with mostly overlapping staff and jurisdiction. On 13 March 2018 it was dissolved and merged into the National Supervisory Commission.

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History

The Ministry of Supervision was established as the People's Supervisory Commission in October 1949 after the founding of the People's Republic of China. It took on the name Ministry of Supervision in September 1954. The ministry was abolished in April 1959. The ministry was reestablished in July 1987 by the Sixth National People's Congress. This led to successive local supervisory authorities being created at the provincial and local levels. On May 9, 1997, the Ministry of Supervision was legislated to enforce the Law of the People's Republic of China on Administration Supervision of the government agencies. [1]

In March 2018, the Ministry was one of three state agencies (along with the National Bureau of Corruption Prevention, and the Supreme People's Procuratorate's General Administration of Anti-Corruption and Bribery) which merged with a communist party body (the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection) the form the National Supervisory Commission. [2] :57 Like the other merged state agencies, the Ministry of Supervision was dissolved through the process. [2] :57

The Minister of Supervision usually also served as the Deputy Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party.

Ministers

No.NameTook officeLeft office
Director of the People's Supervision Commission of the Government Administration Council (政务院人民监察委员会主任)
1 Tan Pingshan (谭平山)October 1949September 1954
Minister of Supervision of the People's Republic of China (中华人民共和国监察部部长)
2 Qian Ying (钱瑛)September 1954April 1959
post abolished
3 Wei Jianxing (尉健行)1987April 1993
4 Cao Qingze (曹庆泽)March 199317 March 1998
5 He Yong (何勇)17 March 199815 March 2003
6 Li Zhilun (李至伦)15 March 200328 April 2007
7 Ma Wen (马馼)30 August 200716 March 2013
8 Huang Shuxian (黄树贤)16 March 20137 November 2016
9 Yang Xiaodu (杨晓渡)25 December 201613 March 2018

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