Over 153,000 officials punished in China in 2023

In 2023, more than 100,000 Chinese officials were accused of violating the moral standards set out in the Eight-Point Regulation, a kind of code for civil servants, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), the highest supervisory organ of the Chinese Communist Party, Report informs.

Overall, in 2023, 107,547 facts related to the violation of the rules of the Eight-Point Regulation were investigated.

At the same time, 153,662 people were reprimanded, prosecuted, or punished. Specifically, 108,695 people were disciplined for party or administrative errors.