Pilot project to prevent officials from fleeing

BEIJING - Ten Chinese provinces and municipalities have launched a one-year pilot program to prevent corrupt or undisciplined officials from fleeing the country, the Ministry of Supervision said in a press release.

They will also try to have fugitives returned from abroad.

"Authorities must improve their work to prevent escapes and to catch fugitives abroad," Gan Yisheng, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, said at an earlier meeting launching the program.