Official says return of ill-gotten gains is just as important as bringing back economic fugitives

While China is seeing an increasing number of fugitives suspected of corruption being returned from overseas, thanks to international cooperation, the country is also beefing up efforts to recover their ill-gotten assets.

Between January 2014 and November this year, 2,442 Chinese fugitives suspected of economic crimes, including 397 officials, were brought back from more than 70 countries and regions, according to the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the country's top anti-graft watchdog.