The central conference on political and legal work, CCTV

Beijing (People's Daily) - Almost 100,000 officials have been swept up by corruption investigators in the last five years, according to data released at the central conference on political and legal work, which opened in Beijing Monday.

This is the first central conference on political and legal work since last autumn's 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.

Among the 100,000 corrupt officials, 221 were transferred back from overseas.

In addition, over the past five years, 250,000 officials were netted for crimes related to abuse of power.

The data also showed that in 2017, China became one of the countries with the lowest homicide case rate in the world.

The number of serious violent crime cases dropped by 51.8 percent. The number of major road traffic accidents decreased by 43.8 percent.

People’s satisfaction with the public order has increased from 87.55 percent in 2012 to 95.55 percent in 2017.

Their satisfaction with the workforce of political and legal staff has also increased from 69.43 percent in 2012 to 80.24 percent in 2017, the data showed.

Over the past five years, more than 600,000 economic crime cases were cracked using a law-based approach, with more than 2 trillion yuan ($312 billion) recovered.

Financial risk is one of the most prominent major risks, with others including economic crimes, illegal financing, and cyber phishing scams, the conference stressed.

The conference attendees pledged to work harder to maintain national political security and social stability, improve their capabilities to serve social and economic development and protect social fairness and justice, as well as make the public feel safer and more satisfied.

(Complied by Dong Feng)