Abstract: Either the CPC inspection tour system or the Western ombudsman system falls into a sort of supervision as both share many similarities in the subject, content, methods and techniques, of supervision. However, there lie some differences in type, social nature and principles. A reflection of that Western system on promoting the scientific construction of the CPC system tells: 1) the inspection power drives from the authority of authorization, and the construction should be carried out with adhering to the CPC leadership; 2) the inspection power is subject to the heterogeneity of power, and an key topic deserving attention is to properly deal with the relationship between the subjects and objects, of inspection; 3) the long-term effect of inspection power depends on the legitimacy of power, and the legitimacy of inspection tour system construction is ultimately based on the trust and support of the people.

Key words: the Chinese Communist Party, inspection tour system, ombudsman, characteristics, judgment