Changes to Constitution in line with people’s will, leaders agree

Zhao Leji, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said in a panel discussion with deputies from Jiangsu province that the amendment will define the guiding status of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era in the Constitution and will further clarify the supreme political principle, that the Party has a leading role in all kinds of works.

The amendment will define the constitutional status of the supervisory commissions, Zhao said, adding that the discipline inspection and supervisory bodies must exercise their powers in stringent accordance with the Constitution and the laws.