Procurator-general Zhang Jun delivers a work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate to the fifth session of the 13th National People's Congress at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 8, 2022. [Photo by Wang Zhuangfei/chinadaily.com.cn]

Highlights of the work report of the Supreme People's Procuratorate:

- Twenty three former Chinese officials at the provincial or ministerial level were prosecuted in 2021.

- A total of 43,000 people involving financial fraud or undermining the order of financial administration have been prosecuted last year, up 3.3 percent year on year.

- About 282,000 people were prosecuted for engaging in fraud, gambling or spreading pornographic contents on internet last year, up 98.5 percent from 2020.

- Chinese procuratorial organs filed and handled 169,000 public interest litigation cases in 2021, up 50 percent from 2018.

- A total of 39,000 Chinese procurators have been appointed vice principals in 77,000 primary and middle schools.

- China prosecuted 49,000 people for illegal activities jeopardizing the environment last year, the first decline in eight years.

- China prosecuted 134,000 people on charges of disrupting the order of the market economy in 2021.