Law to rule in fight against gang crimes

Concern that China's latest campaign against gang-related crimes may lead to local governments competing to outperform each other is unnecessary because the central leadership has emphasized the importance of strictly handling such cases in accordance with the law, a spokesman said on Friday.

A nationwide campaign to deal with the new trends in gang-related crimes constituted a major decision by the central leadership, Wang Guoqing, the spokesman of the first session of the 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said at a news conference.

"Fighting such crimes is crucial to China's social stability and long-term peace as well as a boost to political security at the grassroots level," he said.