More than 60 officials at the ministerial and provincial levels have been punished for discipline violations since the Party's last national congress.

The high-level officials were among 600,000 people who faced punishment for violating Party and government discipline since the 17th National Congress of Communist Party of China in 2007, according to a statement from the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on Thursday.

More than 200,000 were turned over to prosecutors for breaches of law, the CCDI statement said.