Criminal penalties designed to prompt defaulters to comply

People who refuse to comply with court verdicts will face harsher penalties and have nowhere to run, thanks to various measures made by China's top court.

Chinese courts are trying to force defaulters to comply with verdicts through the threat of criminal charges, "in a bid to quicken enforcement," said Wu Shaojun, deputy director of the enforcement department at the Supreme People's Court.

Wu said that the number of defaulters penalized for refusing to comply with verdicts is rapidly increasing.