英语文摘:Senior official urges more supervision of local governments, state-run enterprises

BEIJING, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official Wednesday urged local governments to cooperate with the central government in supervision and inspection work.

He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks at a meeting on central inspection work.

Head of the country's discipline and supervision work, He asked officials of local governments, especially those at the county level, to cooperate with central government's inspection teams.

The CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the Ministry of Supervision and other central government agencies have sent inspection teams to more than 900 counties around the country since October 2007 when CPC's 17th National Congress was held.

The official said the central government's inspection work is very important for anti-corruption efforts at state-run enterprises.

He also pledged to send inspection teams to every state-run enterprise every five years.