President Xi's anti-corruption campaign is moving up a gear with the establishment of a new anti-corruption agency overseeing millions of people
The new agency, the National Supervision Commission (NSC), will oversee "all public servants exercising public power" - not just party members. It is estimated that the agency will supervise about three times as many people as existing watchdogs.
Until now, the main watchdog was the Communist Party's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).
This body would investigate allegations of bribery, embezzlement or other corruption, removing guilty people from their posts and sending them to court. There they would get jail terms or in extreme cases, the death penalty.
Mr Yang Xiaodu
The newly formed NSC - also referred to as the State Supervisory Commission - will cast its watchful eye over all management-level public servants, including at places like hospitals and schools.
It will be led by Yang Xiaodu, who for the past few years has been the deputy chief of the CCDI.
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