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More than 83,000 Party members and government officials had turned over illegally obtained cash and securities bonds worth nearly 771 million yuan ($123 million) to higher authorities by the end of 2011, after the country released a guiding principle in 2010 to promote clean government.

The country's disciplinary watchdog investigated and punished more than 3,500 Party members and government officials from 2010 to 2011, in a bid to crack down on corruption inside the Party, the Communist Party of China Central Commission for Discipline Inspection said in a statement on Monday.