China Axed Record Number of Top Officials in 2023

China’s Communist Party removed a record number of officials from their posts last year as Beijing stepped up its war on corruption, the South China Morning Post reported.

The number of top-level probes launched in 2023 jumped by 40% compared to 2022, when China’s top anti-corruption agency – the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) – recorded 32 investigations into high-ranking officials, the report went on.

Read the full story: The South China Morning Post

By Sean O’Meara

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Sean O'Meara

Sean O'Meara is an Editor at Asia Financial. He has been a newspaper man for more than 30 years, working at local, regional and national titles in the UK as a writer, sub-editor, page designer and print editor. A football, cricket and rugby fan, he has a particular interest in sports finance.