The Ministry of Supervision was established as the '''People's Supervisory Commission''' in October 1949 after the founding of the People's Republic of China, replacing the similar government body, the
Control Yuan, then later evacuated to
Taiwan along with the ROC government. It took on the name
Ministry of Supervision in September 1954. The ministry was abolished in April 1959. The ministry was reestablished in July 1987 by the Sixth
National People's Congress. This led to successive local supervisory authorities being created at the provincial and local levels. On May 9, 1997, the Ministry of Supervision was legislated to enforce the Law of the People's Republic of China on Administration Supervision of the government agencies. In March 2018, the Ministry was one of three state agencies (along with the
National Bureau of Corruption Prevention, and the
Supreme People's Procuratorate's General Administration of Anti-Corruption and Bribery) which merged with a communist party body (the
Central Commission for Discipline Inspection) the form the National Supervisory Commission as part of the
deepening the reform of the Party and state institutions. Like the other merged state agencies, the Ministry of Supervision was dissolved through the process. == Ministers ==