30,000 punished for violating bureaucracy-busting rules

A total of 30,420 officials have been punished for violating the "eight-point" anti-bureaucracy rules rolled out in late 2012, the Communist Party of China's (CPC) anti-corruption agency revealed on Wednesday.

The violators were found to have been involved in 24,521 cases as of the end of December, according to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI).

The "eight-point" rules were introduced at a meeting of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee on Dec. 4, 2012 in a bid to ban officials' extravagance, bureaucracy and formalism.

The violations include use of public cars for personal affairs, use of public funds for travel or entertainment, and holding of extravagant weddings or other ceremonies, according to the CCDI.