One of China's most wanted economic fugitives has been successfully repatriated from the west African Republic of Guinea on Friday after meticulous planning by law enforcement agencies in the two countries.

Pei Jianqiang, 48, is the latest Chinese fugitive suspected of bribery to be repatriated to face corruption charges in China.

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Pei, the former director of the import and export department of China Enterprise International Cooperation, fled from China in November 2009 to the African country to escape arrest and prosecution.

He is listed as No. 10 on China's Skynet list of 100 most wanted fugitives.

China launched Operation SkyNet in April 2015 to arrest fugitives suspected of committing economic crimes who have escaped abroad.

Pei was reportedly arrested in Dec. 25 and was handed over to Beijing on Friday afternoon.

The arrest was the result of a thorough collaboration and investigation between Chinese and Guinean law enforcement officials, who both confirmed the whereabouts of Pei.

Pei was reportedly hiding in the Guinean capital city Conakry, where he was running a bath center.

Last month, Huang Yurong, a former Party official who was also on the Sky Net  list and who had been hiding in the United States since 2002, returned to the mainland and surrendered to Chinese authorities.

China is having a hard time arresting financial fugitives who have fled overseas due to the absence of extradition treaties with several countries, including the United States and Canada.

To date, only one person on China's Sky Net list of 100 most wanted fugitives has been repatriated to China by Canada. At least 46 Chinese fugitives are believed to be living in the U.S. and Canada freely.

Reports indicate that many of China's corruption suspects, who fled abroad and are on the list, are already living as legal immigrants in the United States and Canada and have not heard from their host countries since the list was issued in April this year.

TagsRepublic of Guinea, Chinese economic fugitives, Sky Net 100, Pei Jianqiang, China Enterprise International Cooperation