About 9,000 officials punished for breaking Party rules in Jan.- Feb.

Beijing. March 29. Silkroadnews - About 9,000 officials punished for breaking Party rules in Jan.- Feb. Xinhua reports.
The figure was gathered from 31 provincial divisions, 139 central Party and state departments, 97 state-owned enterprises, and 15 financial institutions supervised by the central government, as well as the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, an economic and semi-military organization stationed in Xinjiang, said a press release on the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China (CPC).
The CPC adopted an eight-point rules on Party and government conducts in December 2012 to improve working practices.
Last year, more than 71,000 officials were punished for such violations.