CCommunist Party of Hina The party has more than 99 million members. So it’s no surprise that some people don’t do well. Corrupt, criminal or disloyal people are handled by the party’s fearsome internal investigative arm, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. It has punished thousands of officials in recent years. But there’s still another kind of troublesome member who escapes: those who haven’t broken any laws but aren’t very good communists.