By the year 2025, more than one million cases of corruption will have been looked into in China

By the year 2025, more than one million cases of corruption will have been looked into in China

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.

Автор: Anatoliy Voynov