China's new anti-corruption app, which was released Thursday last week, has already received thousands of corruption reports from the public.

On just the first day after the app's release, 700 reports of Chinese officials' corruption have already been submitted, as reported by AsiaOne20.

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Now there are over 1,000 public reports, with nearly 70 percent of them reported via snapshots, text messages or videos, according to CRIEnglish. Before the anti-corruption app was launched, China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection only received around 250 to 300 cases of corruption daily.

The CCDI is China's top anti-corruption watchdog. The body launched the anti-corruption app via its Web site, saying that members of the public remain anonymous when reporting the cases through their smartphones.

The Web site said the "one-click anti-four tendencies app" targets officials who misuse public funds for entertainment, travel, eating, drinking, and the like.

The Communist Party has denounced the "four decadent tendencies," which includes violating Communist Party rules such as "hedonism and extravagance."

Members of the public are allowed to write messages of up to 432 words and upload two attachments, either photo or video, of up to 5MB in size each.

According to the CCDI, the anti-corruption app allows for a faster and more convenient medium when reporting corruption cases and scrutinizing officials.

A response mechanism has also been set up by the watchdog, which categorizes reports, refers them to higher authorities, and responds to whistleblowers.

Unwanted behavior by Chinese officials has resulted in the ire of the public as the society is reportedly in a struggle to make ends meet.

In recent years, the Communist Party has already detained several high-profile corrupt officials, also known as "tigers." However, many have felt that those who indict the officials have been selective

Some citizens say they are more concerned about the impact of corrupt local officials, also known as "flies," on their daily lives, according to The International Business Times.

Now the question remains, has the app actually diminished corruption cases in the country? The answer to that remains not only in the citizens' vigilance, which has been apparent in the past few years, but in the vigilance of regulating bodies as well.

While the app has received both praise for President Xi Jinping and his anti-corruption czar Wang Qishan, it also gained the cynicism of many.

According to some analysts, the new anti-corruption app could make a difference if citizens were "genuinely allowed" to bypass local officials and then report their concerns to central anti-corruption authorities. Other analysts say central officials show genuine interest in local corruption cases, thus preventing local grievances that might weaken the rule of the Communist Party.

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