China files over 4,000 disciplinary cases against officials in 2024
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Corruption is the biggest threat to China's Communist Party and is on the rise, President Xi Jinping said on Jan 6.
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HONG KONG – China’s top anti-graft watchdog said on Jan 10 that it filed more than 4,000 disciplinary cases against officials in 2024, as it attempts to tackle a long-running corruption problem.
Corruption is the biggest threat to the Communist Party of China and is on the rise, President Xi Jinping said on Jan 6 at the start of a three-day congress of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).
China was rocked in 2024 by high-profile probes, including of a deputy central bank governor and a former chairman of its biggest oil and gas company, adding to unease in an economy struggling to secure a firm footing.
The CCDI filed cases against 73 provincial and ministerial-level officials and 4,348 department- and bureau-level officials in 2024, it said.
A total of 889,000 people were punished, including 680,000 for not adhering to party discipline and 270,000 for what it said were “administrative sanctions”. REUTERS
