A total of 146,517 officials across China were penalized for disciplinary violations in 2010, an official with the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) said Thursday.

Gan Yisheng, vice secretary of the CCDI, said discipline authorities retrieved 8.97 billion yuan (1.35 billion U.S. dollars) in economic losses for the state.

A total of 5,098 leaders at county level or above had been punished and 804 officials were referred for prosecution, he said.