38.7b yuan in State assets recovered in campaign

Billions of yuan have been retrieved from corrupt officials since a sweeping anti-graft campaign began in late 2012.

Anti-corruption departments nationwide recovered 38.7 billion yuan ($6.2 billion) in financial losses between November 2012 and June this year, according to Han Jinping, an official at the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.

Han, who runs the division overseeing the progress of cases, said on Wednesday that the former officials' ill-gotten fortunes were confiscated, and other material losses were recovered and compensated according to Party rules and regulations.