Chinese authorities imposed "disciplinary” measures on 983,000 people in more than one million corruption cases in 2025 alone, marking a record high for China’s top anti-corruption watchdog, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.
In a statement released Saturday, the anti-graft body said 69 officials at the provincial and ministerial levels and above were punished for corruption last year. Authorities also investigated 115 senior officials, while 5,016 bureau-level officials were probed. Throughout the year, investigators examined 33,000 individuals for bribery, and 4,306 people were referred for prosecution.
Beijing’s sweeping anti-corruption campaign in 2025 resulted in several high-ranking officials receiving death sentences. In early December, a Chinese court executed Bai Tianhui, the former general manager of China Huarong International, after convicting him of accepting more than 1.1 billion yuan (approximately US$156 million) in bribes. He was the third official executed for corruption since 2012.
