Over 84,000 Chinese officials punished in anti-graft drive: minister  

上半年中国给予党纪政纪处分8.4万人

今年上半年，全国纪检监察机关给予党纪政纪处分8.4万人，比上年同期增长超过30%。这是中央纪委副书记、监察部部长黄树贤14日在北京召开的亚太经合组织反腐败高层研讨会上透露的。[查看全文]

More than 84,000 officials were given administrative and Party disciplinary punishments in the first half of this year, Huang Shuxian, minister of supervision, said Thursday.

The number is 30 percent up on the same period of last year, Huang said at an anti-graft seminar of Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies.

In 2013, discipline and supervision authorities received over 1.95 million tip-offs, filing more than 172,000 cases and punishing 182,000 officials. Over 9,600 officials' cases were transferred to judicial authorities, Huang said.