4 prisoners are released in amnesty

Official says move is 'just a beginning'; convicts who committed serious crimes will not be freed

Four inmates were released on Tuesday under a special amnesty granted by China's top legislature.

On Tuesday morning, three prisoners in Central China's Henan province were set free under the amnesty, which was proposed by President Xi Jinping in August to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45).