Al Jazeera Arabic reported on 1 October 2026 that the Chinese Communist Party plans to tighten oversight of its officials. According to the channel, the planned oversight will include scrutiny of officials' assets and their online activity. The report is based on a single source and has not been independently verified. Several details have not yet emerged, including when the measures will take effect and which party body will be responsible for implementing them. The mechanisms and limits of the online activity scrutiny are also unknown, as is the number of officials who will be covered by the measures and the publicly stated reason for the move.