China's anti-graft efforts deepen in 2025, with 115 senior officials probed

A total of 115 officials at the provincial or ministerial level or above were placed under disciplinary investigation in 2025, China's top anti-corruption watchdogs announced on Saturday. That is 42 more than the number recorded in 2024.

In 2025, 983,000 individuals received disciplinary punishments for various issues, marking an increase from the 889,000 people disciplined the previous year, according to data released by the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Commission of Supervision.

The country has consistently upheld the principle of cracking down on both bribe-givers and bribe-takers. The data showed that authorities in 2025 investigated 33,000 individuals for offering bribes and transferred 4,306 of them to prosecutors — a notable increase from the 26,000 investigations and 4,271 transfers recorded in 2024.

China's anti-graft efforts have never ceased. A communique recently unveiled by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said that the battle against grassroots corruption will be intensified. It also vowed to further deepen rectification in high-risk sectors such as finance, State-owned enterprises, energy, education, associations and societies, development zones, and bidding and tendering.