Scores of luxury clubs in China have been forced to shut down or downgrade, media said, as Beijing’s anti-corruption drive continues to bite.

The clubs are popular with local officials and have membership fees as high as 200,000 yuan (£22,500) a year.

Beijing-based newspaper, The Mirror, said more than 30 private clubs in the eastern city of Hangzhou were forced by authorities to change their business practices or drop their prices over the last two years.

Four clubs were shut down in both Guangzhou and Shenzhen, in southern China, while another club in nearby Zhuhai was also closed by authorities, the newspaper said.

The report comes as China’s disciplinary watchdog issued a statement identifying four clubs which were visited by five officials who had been convicted of graft.