China probes eight high-ranking officials for graft last year

BEIJING, March 11 (Xinhua) -- China's procuratorate conducted graft probes against 2,670 officials above county level last year, including eight at the provincial or ministerial level, according to a report to be delivered at the annual session of the parliament Thursday.

The eight high-ranking officials include Huang Songyou, former vice president of the Supreme People's Court and Wang Yi, former vice president of the state-run China Development Bank.

Also on the list are Chen Shaoji, former top political advisor of southern Guangdong Province, and Wang Huayuan, a former provincial official in eastern Zhejiang Province.

China's Prosecutor-General Cao Jianming is to deliver the report on the work of the Supreme People's Procuratorate to nearly 3,000 lawmakers at the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress.