Main functions: To supervise and inspect the organs of the Foreign Ministry and the units directly under the Ministry and civil servants in accordance with the Administrative Supervisory Law of the People's Republic of China.
Functions are as follows:
1. To inspect the observance and implementation of laws, regulations, Government decrees and orders by the organs of the Foreign Ministry and the units directly under the Ministry;
2. To handle accusations and complaints of breaches of regulations lodged against the organs of the Foreign Ministry, the civil servants and other personnel appointed by these organs;
3. To investigate and handle the breaches of regulations on the part of the organs of the Foreign Ministry, the civil servants and other personnel appointed by these organs;
4. To handle the appeals filed by civil servants and other personnel appointed by the organs of the Foreign Ministry against the administrative disciplinary actions imposed on them by the competent organs and those appeals which should be dealt with by supervisory bodies as stipulated in laws and administrative regulations;
5. Other duties that should be discharged by supervisory bodies as provided for by administrative regulations.