Revised law sees fall in recorded juvenile crime

Case numbers decline as courts opt for rehabilitation over punishment and criminal records, as Cao Yin reports.

The number of court cases involving minors - children age 17 and younger - has fallen by almost 50 percent in the past five years, according to a report published by the National Bureau of Statistics.

The report shows that China's courts dealt with 35,743 cases involving minors last year, a fall of 47.6 percent compared with 2012.