· Anhui farmer Zhang Hui and his uncle Zhang Gaoping were convicted of raping and murdering a woman in 2003. The case was overturned in 2013 for lack of evidence. They were each awarded 1.1 million yuan ($180,000) in compensation.

· Li Huailiang, from Henan province, received 780,000 yuan in compensation in December 2013 for the 4,282 days he spent in prison, plus 200,000 yuan for mental suffering. He was wrongly imprisoned for the rape and murder of a teenage girl in 2001.

· She Xianglin, a former security guard, was convicted of killing his wife on the basis of a "confession" in 1998. He was wrongly imprisoned for 11 years until his wife reappeared in 2005. He received more than 700,000 yuan in compensation.