Six out of 10 people are satisfied with China's anti-graft efforts in 2016, according to a poll by the top State-run think tank.

The approval level among the public of 62 percent was higher for functionaries, at 95 percent, in the poll by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.

The poll, based on more than 5,000 valid questionnaires, is part of the sixth annual report on the evaluation of China's anti-graft drive released by the academy on Wednesday.