The Supervisory System in Modern China
摘要
Unlike the Western tradition of parliamentary supervision, (The concept of congressional oversight refers to the process through which “a central representative body supervises the personnel, financial affairs, administration and other statutory matters of government agencies, including approval, impeachment, admonition, rectification, auditing and monitoring. It also necessitates questioning, inspecting and investigating needed to accomplish the foregoing tasks, aiming to prevent and penalize any legal violations of law or derelictions of duty.” (Tao, B. (1978). Bijiao jiancha zhidu [A comparison of supervisory system]. Zhonghua Book Company.: 45)) the Chinese supervisory system has a long and self-contained history. The traditional imperial censorial and admonitory system took root in the Xia, Shang, and Zhou Dynasties, solidified in the Qin Dynasty, thrived in the Han Dynasty, and persisted throughout subsequent generations.