NPC set to act against rising school violence

Deputies will study how to best deter the growing phenomenon in the nation

China's top legislature will conduct a special inspection of school ground safety this year and study how to reduce violence at schools, a senior legislator said on Friday.

School violence, a growing problem at primary and middle schools in the past years, has aroused widespread concern, so the national legislature will set up special studies and research focusing on the issue, said Wang Shengming, vice-chairman of the Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress.