Author(s)

Junzhe Li ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ The Education University of Hongkong, Hong Kong, 999077, China

Corresponding Author

Junzhe Li

ABSTRACT

ICAC of Hong Kong gets global recognition for succeeding in fighting corruption due to its relative independence, great investigative ability, and good working mode. This independence refers more to be institutionally isolated from the executive rather than including aspects covering various areas like appointments, funding and ability to look into things. This article analyzes in depth the essence, characteristics, and operational logic of Hong Kong's anti-corruption mechanism, and contrasts them with the supervisory system led by the discipline inspection and supervision commissions in the Mainland. It also discusses the achievements of the mainland's supervisory commission system, as well as the issues arising from the integration and concentration of power and the lack of independence of supervisory commissions. Based on these aforementioned findings, this article gives several recommendation to improve the Mainland's supervision system, and draws upon Hong Kongs model in aspects such as relatively independent institutions, adequate supervisory resources and checks and balance on power exercising, and offer some theories and advice on enhancing the professionalization of the rule of law and the standardization of anti-corruption work in the Chinese Mainland.

KEYWORDS

Hong Kong ICAC; Independence; Mainland Supervisory System; Supervisory Commission; Anti-Corruption; Institutional Optimization

CITE THIS PAPER

Junzhe Li, HK Reflections on the "Independence" Feature of Hong Kong's Anti-Corruption System for Optimizing Chinese mainland's Supervisory System. Social Security and Administration Management (2025) Vol. 6: 1-9. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/socsam.2025.060201.

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