China Cuts Thousands of ‘Phantom’ Workers From State Payroll
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China’s government removed tens of thousands of “phantom employees” from state payrolls amid a campaign by President Xi Jinping to crack down on corruption and eliminate waste.
A total of 162,629 employees who had continued to draw salaries after leaving their posts were cleared out of central and provincial governments, state-controlled financial companies and universities as of Sept. 25, the official People’s Daily reported yesterday. The country also disposed of 114,418 government vehicles, it said in a separate report.