Major cases tackled:

Zhang Enzhao, former president of China Construction Bank , was sentenced to 15 years in prison in November 2006 for taking bribes totaling 4.2 million yuan ($538,000).

Liu Lianlian, former vice-director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of Hainan Province, was jailed for life in August 2006 for taking bribes totaling 4 million yuan ($513,000) and possessing unidentified property worth about $2.5 million.

Fang Ji, former head of Xinhui District People's Hospital in Jiangmen, in South China's Guangdong Province, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in August 2006 for taking 1.64 billion yuan ($210,000) worth of bribes including a car, house and cash from pharmaceutical companies.

Kuang Bingwen, former director of the Anhui Provincial Bureau of Finance, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in November 2006 after being convicted of taking bribes amounting to 1.28 million yuan ($165,100) between 1993 and 2003.

Hao Heping, former director of the medical equipment department of the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), was sentenced for 15 years in November 2006 for taking 816,000 yuan ($105,000) worth of bribes from pharmaceutical companies.

Xu Fangming, former director of the finance department of the Ministry of Finance, was sentenced to 13 years in prison in November 2006 for accepting bribes of 2.15 million yuan ($277,000).

Liu Wenjie, former deputy chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, was sentenced for 12 years in November 2006 for taking bribes of 500,000 yuan ($64,500).

Xu Zhiyue, former president of the Jiangxi Publishing Group Co, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in October 2006 for taking bribes of 2.25 million yuan ($290,000).

Yan Jian, former deputy director of the construction department of the Ministry of Railways, was sentenced to 13 years imprisonment in October 2006 for taking bribes of 726,000 yuan ($94,000) and possessing unidentified property worth about $590,000.

Niu Xinmin, former president of the Shanxi Coke Group, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in October 2006 for taking bribes of 3.06 million yuan ($395,000) and possessing unidentified property worth 5.17 million yuan ($667,000).

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