System of Inspection of the CPC
The system of inspection is an important element of the Party's self-governance. The CPC Central Committee and the Party committees of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the central government all have specialized inspection agencies to exercise political supervision, through inspection tours, over the lower-level Party organizations regarding their exercise of Party leadership.
According to the Regulations of the CPC on Inspections, the inspections are conducted under the centralized, unified leadership of the CPC Central Committee, with responsibilities assigned to relevant Party organizations at different levels. The inspection agencies carry out the activities, with assistance from relevant discipline inspection and supervisory agencies and organization departments, support from related functional departments, cooperation of the Party organizations to be inspected, and participation of the general public.
The inspections may produce effect and win the people's trust only when the Party committees (Party leadership groups) and their principal heads attach great importance to relevant work. The inspections will focus on the exercise of powers and fulfillment of responsibilities, and the political discipline and rules will be enforced to ensure that political supervision becomes a specific, targeted and regular practice.
巡視制度
巡視制度作為中國共產黨黨內的一項重要制度，是中央和省、自治區、直轄市黨委，通過建立專門巡視機構，按照有關規定對下級黨組織履行黨的領導職能責任的政治監督。
《中國共產黨巡視工作條例》指出，巡視工作在黨中央集中統一領導下，實行黨組織分級負責、巡視機構組織實施、紀檢監察機關和組織部門協助、有關職能部門支持、被巡視黨組織配合、人民群眾參與的體制機制。
開展巡視工作的主體是黨委（黨組），只有黨委（黨組）重視，特別是主要負責人重視，巡視工作才會有權威、有效果。巡視工作要求緊盯權力和責任加強政治監督，嚴明政治紀律和政治規矩，推進政治監督具體化、精準化、常態化。
