The official website of the CCP’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a document on Feb. 2, stating that 5,836 “top leaders” at or above the county and department level were “investigated” last year. At the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP’s) recent Politburo meeting, party leader Xi Jinping emphasized the need to strengthen central supervision of key party officials across all levels of the government, but particularly “top regional leaders” who wield power and influence in their regions. Xi himself emphasized during the CCP’s Politburo meeting on Jan. 28 what he said was the party’s central inspection and anti-corruption work, saying that the efforts should be “thorough” and focused on enforcing the supervision of top officials across all levels of government, but especially at “top levels.” Political analysts told The Epoch Times that the extra attention now falling on regional leaders is designed to deter them from challenging Xi’s leadership and intimidate them …