胡锦涛同志指出,巡视组是在新时期加强党的建设,加强党内监督的措施之一。2003年,中纪委、中组部按照中央要求,组建了专门巡视工作机构,建立专职巡视队伍,并派出巡视组对部分省进行了巡视。随后,大部分省区市也组建了巡视机构,开展了巡视工作。2003年12月31日颁行的《中国共产党党内监 Comrade Hu Jintao pointed out: The inspection team is one of the measures to strengthen party building and strengthen inner-party supervision in the new era. In 2003, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Central Organization Department set up a special patrolling and working organization in accordance with the requirements of the Central Government to establish a full-time inspection team and dispatched inspection teams to inspect some provinces. Subsequently, most of the provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities also set up inspection agencies to carry out inspection work. December 31, 2003 issued by the "Chinese Communist Party prison