China implicated 63,000 people in 45,000 graft cases in 2016. A work report of the Supreme People's Court today said the defendants included 35 former officials at the provincial and ministerial level or above, and 240 at the prefectural level.<br/><br/>The report said Courts at all levels convicted 2,862 criminals of bribery, and concluded 15,000 cases involving corruption, embezzling funds and other crimes.<br/><br/>Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China in 2012, China has launched a sweeping fight against corruption.