According to statistics from the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Control and the National Supervisory Commission, 34 of those punished were senior officials at the provincial or ministerial levels.

In addition, 2,244 were from state departments or agencies, 16,000 from counties, 54,000 were from municipalities, 56,000 were general officials and 277,000 were from rural areas, enterprises and other organizations.

Most of the cases were linked to acts of embezzlement, misappropriation, forgery and extortion.

Since he took office in 2012, President Xi Jinping has strongly proposed an end to the four undesirable work styles: formalism, bureaucracy, hedonism and extravagance.

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