Legal Supervision
The Courts lack the power to review administrative acts and the appropriateness of specific administrative acts. They lack status and are subject to influence from the party at each level of government. Although the PRC Constitution espouses the ideal of judicial independence, it is not possible in the absence of an independent judicial tradition.
"Supervision organs" are also ineffective. The Ministry of Supervision lacks status as it is accountable to the State Council and local governments. Only after its merger with the Central Committee for Discipline Inspection of CCP, the top watchdog for anti-graft of CCP do it exercise some degree of influence.
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