The head of China's public prosecutors revealed that they indicted 20,000 people for bribery and other corruption in the past year, an increase of 9% from the previous year, indicating that President Xi Jinping is making steady progress in anti-corruption measures that have been a priority. I appealed that I was there.
The second plenary session of the National People's Congress (National People's Congress), which is being held in Beijing, China, was held on the 8th, and Procurator General Yingyong, head of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, which is China's highest prosecutor's office, gave a report.
Among them, the Chief Public Prosecutors Office stated that 20,000 people were prosecuted for bribery and other corruption charges in the past year, an increase of 9.3% from the previous year, and of these, 18,000 people, including 25 high-ranking local government officials, were prosecuted. announced that he had been indicted.
Since taking office, President Xi Jinping has been focusing on eradicating corruption, and at a party meeting in January this year, he expressed a sense of crisis regarding corruption, calling it ``still serious and complex.'' This is a way to emphasize that we are steadily progressing with countermeasures.
Meanwhile, at the plenary session on the 8th, National People's Congress leader Zhao Le, Chairman of the International Committee, reported on future legal developments.
In this meeting, Chairman Zhao stated that he would "promote the modernization of national security systems and capabilities," and would further promote the development of laws related to "national security," which President Xi emphasizes, such as amending the law on controlling information on the Internet. We have indicated our policy to do so.