CHANGCHUN, July 20 (Xinhua) -- China's procuratorates investigated 97 officials at the vice ministerial level and above in the past five years, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said Wednesday.

A total of 60 officials at the vice ministerial level and above were indicted in the same period of time, the SPP said in a nationwide meeting on procuratorial work.

Among the officials investigated were Zhou Yongkang, former member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, Bo Xilai, former member the Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and former Chongqing Party chief, and Ling Jihua and Su Rong, former vice chairpersons of China's national political advisory body.

The SPP said procuratorates have faithfully implemented the decision of the CPC Central Committee to crack down on corruption, and will continue to do so.