China Expands The Object Of Economic Responsibility Audit To Provincial And Ministerial Level Cadres

General Office of the CPC Central Committee

In December 8th, the Xinhua news agency authorized the issuance of the provisions on economic responsibility auditing of leading cadres of the party and government and leaders of state-owned enterprises.

According to the new regulation, economic responsibility audit objects include leading cadres at various levels of Party committees, governments, judicial organs and procuratorial organs, or deputy leading cadres who have held the posts for more than a year; leading cadres of single positions at the central and local levels, such as party and government departments, institutions and people's organizations, or deputy leading cadres who have been working for more than one year; and leading cadres at higher levels who are part-time leading cadres of departments or units and are not actually responsible for their economic responsibilities, are actually responsible for deputy leaders of their departments and units.

In an interview with Xinhua news agency, the responsible person of the Audit Commission said that the contents of the economic responsibility audit mainly include: the actual, lawful and effective situation of the financial and financial revenues and expenditures of the units in which the leading cadres are audited, the management and utilization of fixed assets, the establishment and management of important investment projects, the establishment and implementation of the internal control system, and the management and supervision of the financial and financial revenues and expenditures of the subordinate units and the related economic activities by the leading cadres.

The general office of the CPC Central Committee and the general office of the State Council issued a notice at the same time, requiring all localities and departments to conscientiously carry out the implementation in combination with the actual situation.

The notice stressed that the local Party committees and governments at all levels should conscientiously strengthen the leadership of economic responsibility auditing. The leading cadres of the party and government and the leaders of state-owned enterprises should consciously accept and actively cooperate with the economic responsibility audit according to the law.

Attachment 1: the head of the Audit Commission replied to reporters about the provisions on the audit of economic responsibility of leading cadres of the party and government and the leaders of state-owned enterprises.

Q: please briefly introduce the important significance of the "Regulations".

Answer: the promulgation and implementation of the regulations is of great significance for improving the scientific level of Party building.

The organic combination of organization supervision, discipline inspection supervision and audit supervision is an effective measure for strengthening the management and supervision of leading cadres, making the supervision system within the party more perfect and supervising means more effectively, which is conducive to promoting the new great project of Party building.

The promulgation and implementation of the regulations is of great significance for promoting the development of economic and social sciences.

The regulations will promote leading cadres to promote scientific development as an objective of audit, help guide leading cadres to establish Scientific Outlook on Development and correct view of achievements, and promote leading cadres to think, plan and deploy economic work in accordance with market economic laws, promote sound and rapid development of economic society, and play an "immune system" function of auditing to ensure the healthy operation of national economy and society.

The promulgation and implementation of the regulations is of great significance for promoting the construction of socialist democracy and legal system.

The "Regulations" will lead cadres to abide by the law, observe discipline, abide by regulations and fulfill their duties as the key points of audit. It will help leading cadres to enhance their sense of discipline and self-discipline, correctly exercise the power entrusted by the party and the people, and promote the prevention and control of corruption from the mechanism and source, and strengthen the building of a clean and Honest Party style.

The promulgation and implementation of the regulations is of great significance for strengthening the legalization of auditing.

"Regulations" is an important achievement in the construction of economic responsibility auditing laws and regulations, which is conducive to standardizing economic responsibility audit behavior, promoting the scientific development of economic responsibility audit work and improving the audit supervision system of socialism with Chinese characteristics.

Q: what are the objects of economic responsibility audit?

Answer: the object of economic responsibility audit has gone through the process of expanding scope and increasing level.

In May 1999, two of the audit objects specified in the interim provisions included only the principal leaders of the party and government below the county level, and the legal representatives of the state-owned and state holding enterprises.

In 2005, the scope of economic responsibility audit for party and government leading cadres was extended to the department level.

Since 2000, the Audit Commission has carried out a pilot project for provincial ministers' economic responsibility audit.

According to the current development of economic responsibility audit in all parts of the country and the requirements of the Central Committee on comprehensively promoting the economic responsibility audit of Party and government leading cadres, the regulations further clarify the objects of economic responsibility audit, and expand the scope of audit objects, covering the party and government leading cadres from Township level to provincial and ministerial level, as well as the legal representatives of state-owned enterprises.

It includes the leading cadres of the party committees, governments, judicial organs and procuratorial organs at all levels, or leading cadres who have presided over more than one year; leading cadres of the party and government departments at the central and local levels, institutions and people's organizations, or presiding Deputy leading cadres working for more than one year, as well as the legal representatives of state owned and state holding enterprises (including state owned and state holding financial enterprises).

Q: what are the main contents of economic responsibility audit?

Answer: the contents of economic responsibility audit mainly include: the truthfulness, legality and effectiveness of the financial and financial revenues and expenditures of the units where the leading cadres are audited, the management and utilization of fixed assets, the construction and management of important investment projects, the establishment and implementation of the internal control system, and the management and supervision of the financial and financial revenues and expenditures of the subordinate units and the related economic activities by the leading cadres.

In order to comprehensively evaluate the economic responsibility of leading cadres, the regulations emphasize the following conditions of leading cadres to fulfill their economic responsibilities: implementing the Scientific Outlook on Development, promoting the development of economic and Social Sciences; observing the relevant laws and regulations, implementing the party and state related economic work principles and policies, and making decisions and deploying the situation; formulating and implementing major economic decision-making situations; and making economic, social and environmental benefits related to the management and decision-making activities of leading cadres in carrying out their economic responsibilities; and observing the relevant provisions concerning Honest Administration (employment).

Q: how to make use of the audit results of economic responsibility?

A: in order to ensure the effective use of audit results, the regulations have made specific provisions in two aspects: first, the requirements of the party committees and governments at all levels for the use of audit results, clearly stipulate that we should establish and improve the application system of the results of economic responsibility audit, auditing rectification and responsibility tracking.

The two is the requirements for the cadre management and supervision departments to apply the audit results, and clearly stipulates that the relevant departments and units should take the audit results as an important basis for the assessment, appointment and removal, rewards and punishments of the leading cadres being audited.