China's top discipline watchdog will launch an official account on social media app WeChat on Friday as a new avenue to receive tip-offs on the four undesirable work styles to widen public involvement in its campaign against corruption.
The public can directly report to the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) on undesirable work styles - formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance - through the WeChat account starting New Year's Day, read a statement on the CCDI's official website on Tuesday.
The top discipline watchdog also pledged to make sure every helpful tip-off will be handled properly, China Central Television (CCTV) reported on Monday. CCDI will also explain to whistleblowers on why they will ignore irrelevant tip-offs, CCTV said.
The account will also provide first-hand and authoritative information.
In a separate statement, the CCDI said it has received more than 270,000 tips from the public since 2013 and transferred 8,400 pieces of evidence to judicial organs, the Xinhua News Agency reported.
The CCDI has a website and mobile application, which occasionally publish information on fallen officials. The watchdog launched a gateway on its website for tip-offs in 2013 and a tip-off section on its phone app in June 2015 to gather reports of low-level corruption and minor discipline violations, Xinhua reported in June.
WeChat, operated by Tencent, is the most popular messaging app in China with more than 500 million registered users.
