Since the 2014 launch of the Sky Net anti-corruption operation, 9,165 fugitives, including 2,408 Party members and government staff members, have been brought back from 120 countries and regions, and 21.74 billion yuan ($3.37 billion) in embezzled funds has been recovered, a senior disciplinary official with the Communist Party of China said on Monday.

Additionally, 60 of the 100 most-wanted fugitives, who were the subject of Interpol Red Notices, have been brought back to China, Xiao Pei, deputy head of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC and the National Commission of Supervision, said at a news conference in Beijing.

According to Xiao, between December 2012 and May this year, disciplinary inspection and supervisory bodies investigated 392 officials at or above the provincial or ministerial level and 22,000 at the bureau level.

About 170,000 officials at the county level and 616,000 at the township level also were investigated during this period, Xiao said.

During the same period, anti-corruption bodies nationwide dealt with 626,500 violations of the eight-point regulation on improving Party and government conduct and engaging in bureaucratism, formalism and hedonism or extravagant practices.

Xiao also said the achievements made in governing the Party in the new era have provided strong political guidance and guaranteed the realization of the Party's first centenary goal of building a moderately prosperous society in all respects.

A survey conducted by the National Bureau of Statistics at the end of last year found that 95.8 percent of people are confident in the enforcement of strict Party governance and the curbing of corruption, a 16.5 percent increase over the 2012 survey.

The Communist Party of China's continuous efforts to unite and mobilize all forces to join the mission of making the Chinese people live better and happier lives has proved to be effective, a spokesman for the United Front Work Department of the Communist Party of China Central Committee said on Monday.

"United front work has made the Communist Party of China politically advanced in uniting people and power. It has proved to be key in expanding the CPC's support ... and realizing national rejuvenation," said Xu Yousheng, deputy head and a spokesman for the United Front Work Department of the CPC Central Committee.

United front work focuses on non-CPC members, Chinese nationals living at home and abroad, religious and ethnic groups, outstanding intellectuals and those working in the private sector.

Its main function is to manage relations with non-CPC elites, including individuals or organizations with social, commercial or academic influence, both within and outside China.

"Uniting people and mobilizing all forces possible to achieve the goals set by the Party has always been the fundamental goal of the united front work," Xu added.

"While strengthening mutual understanding, the united front work has also been respecting and embracing the differences," Xu said.

Since the 18th National Congress of the CPC in 2012, the central government has held a series of key meetings to discuss united front work.

It also revised the regulation on united front work in 2020, providing improved guidelines for carrying out united front work in the new era, he added.