From people daily:

China further deepened judicial reform in 2004 in a bid to ensure justice and guarantee citizens’ legal rights, says a white paper on China’s human rights progress in 2004 issued by the Information Office of the state council on Wednesday.

The white paper says China has cracked down on various criminal offenses in accordance with law in 2004. From January to October 2004, the Chinese public security organs investigated and cracked 2.004 million criminal cases. The people’s courts at all levels wound up 644,248 criminal cases of first instance, in which 767, 951 criminals were sentenced.