BEIJING, Aug 26 (Reuters) – Top Chinese lawmakers this week began their first review of a draft cross-border anti-corruption law aimed at beefing up the country’s legal toolbox to ?pursue, repatriate and convict alleged corrupt officials currently abroad.
The ruling Communist ?Party had called for the law’s enactment at a key conclave in 2024 and it has been lauded by state media as an item of “strategic importance”.
The legislation would help “prevent and punish ?cross-border corruption and deepen international anti-corruption cooperation,” state-run Xinhua news agency said ?on Tuesday, citing an ongoing session of the National People’s Congress ?Standing Committee.
Draft laws typically undergo three separate readings by the top legislature, whose ?sessions are commonly held every two months, before being put to a vote. It ?would likely take at least several months before the bill becomes law.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has unleashed one of the most sweeping corruption crackdowns in modern Chinese history since coming to ?power in 2012. The campaign has ensnared senior party, government and military officials, ?and millions within China’s vast bureaucracy have been investigated to varying degrees.
Authorities have further said they ?are ?committed to tracking down and bringing back those who have left the country.
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