GZ officials sacked for abusing power  

广州近五年共446名官员因渎职落马

广州市检察院12日通报称，自2007年至今，广州共有446名官员因渎职落马，其中处级以上官员73名(含4名厅局级官员)，通过立案查办渎职犯罪案件，广州市检察机关挽回经济损失人民币逾2亿元。

Guangzhou (CNS) -- A total of 446 officials have been dismissed from their posts since 2007 due to dereliction of duty, Guangzhou's top prosecutorial body announced on Wednesday.

According to the city's procuratorate, 73 of the officials held division-level posts and higher, and over 200 million yuan in economic losses had been recovered.

The focus has mainly been on malfeasance that harms people's livelihoods, as well as energy resources and the environment, including the fields of construction, social security and health care, the procuratorate said.

The agency launched a campaign in February against market manipulation, production of fake goods and commercial bribery. As of early September, 51 officials had been linked to such behavior.