160K Chinese Ghost Employees removed
China’s government removed from state payrolls 162629 “phantom employees” who had continued to draw salaries after leaving their posts. Also terminated were 114418 government vehicles.
▻http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-10-07/china-removes-phantom-staff-government-vehicles-to-cut-spending.html
Because of higher salaries in the private sector, many state employees left the government the past few years, without officially indicating so. Hence, they kept receiving their governmental pay.