Graft cases involving civil servants increase, official says

Commercial bribery cases involving government officials account for the majority of graft cases in China, top officials said over the weekend.

The number of commercial bribery cases dealt with by courts nationwide rose to 4,406 in the first seven months, 8.2 percent more than in the corresponding period last year, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) said on Saturday.

Xiong Xuanguo, vice-president of the SPC, said that 4,149 cases, or 94 percent of the total, involved civil servants, a year-on-year increase of 6.3 percent.