Shanghai courts settled about 49,600 cases last year that directly affected the livelihood of ordinary people, with more than 4.7 billion yuan ($777 million) paid to the involved parties, Shanghai Higher People's Court announced Wednesday.

These cases accounted for nearly half of the 110,000 cases that the courts settled in 2013 in response to a directive from China's Supreme People's Court on December 23.

The courts have put more effort into enforcing cases involving unpaid wages, particularly to migrant workers, child and elderly support, traffic accident compensation, medical malpractice and on-the-job accidents, Gu Weiqiang, vice president of Shanghai Higher People's Court, said at a press conference Wednesday.

"Enforcement of these cases has a direct impact on the daily lives of those involved and affects ordinary people's impression about how justice is carried out," Gu said.

The higher court called on the district courts to devote more resources to a campaign to settle outstanding judgments in these areas in cooperation with municipal government agencies. The campaign will last until June.

In 2013, the court worked with the Shanghai Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau to pay 3,270 workers 29.42 million yuan in back wages, the court said.

The employers would have to repay the authority when they got enough money.

The courts also worked with 25 banks to examine the accounts of people who hadn't followed court orders.

The courts carried out similar investigations at the Shanghai Administration for Industry and Commerce to obtain information about local companies, the court said.

"The purpose of these measures is to establish a close-knit network of government agencies and financial institutions to prevent deadbeats from running away from their unsettled cases," Gu said.

Shanghai Higher People's Court also submitted the names of 1,049 people who had outstanding debts or refused to comply with court orders to a database run by China's Supreme People's Court that makes up a part of the country's personal credit system.

"We need to let them know that having bad credit will have consequences," Gu said.