BEIJING — The Supreme People’s Court (SPC) of China handled 34,794 cases in 2018 and concluded 31,883 cases, up 22.1 percent and 23.5 percent year-on-year respectively, a work report of the SPC said on March 12.

During the year, courts at local levels handled 28 million cases and concluded 25.168 million cases, increasing by 8.8 percent and 10.6 percent respectively from the previous year, according to the report available to news media.

The report will be delivered by Chief Justice Zhou Qiang at a plenary meeting of the ongoing second session of the 13th National Peoples Congress on the morning of March 12.