More than 759,230 suspects were convicted in China in the January-November period last year, while a relatively small number -- 1,464 people -- were found innocent, according to supreme court statistics released on Saturday.

The convicted number rose 4.3 percent from the same period in 2005, and crime cases handled in courts also grew to 593,020, 1.6 percent higher than a year before, the official statistics shows.

Among the convicts, 276,479 people committed serious violent crimes, such as murder, rape, robbery, kidnapping, or taking parts in gang activities, the figure shows.

"Criminals are becoming more organized, violent, and intelligent. And crimes like murder, kidnapping, and setting up explosives are all on the rise," China's chief judge Xiao Yang told a national judicial meeting here as he released the latest courts statistics.

Source: Xinhua