China's court system concluded 45,000 graft cases in 2016, implicating 63,000 people, a work report of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said Sunday.

China's court system concluded 45,000 graft cases in 2016, implicating 63,000 people, a work report of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said Sunday.
The defendants included 35 former officials at the provincial and ministerial level or above, and 240 at the prefectural level, said the report to be delivered by Chief Justice Zhou Qiang at a plenary meeting of the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC).
Courts at all levels convicted 2,862 criminals of bribery, and concluded 15,000 cases involving corruption, embezzling funds and other crimes found in poverty alleviation.
In 2016, procurators investigated 47,650 people for their suspected involvement in duty-related crimes.
Prosecution proceedings were launched against 48 former officials at the provincial and ministerial level or above, including Bai Enpei and Zhu Minguo who were sentenced to death for bribery with a two-year reprieve and life without parole, and g officials taken down in the anti-corruption drive had been sentenced to death, and Zhao Liping to immediate execution for intentional homicide as well as bribery