Judiciary vows to keep up drug fight

Chinese judicial authorities vowed to continue to fight drug-related crimes and strictly punish drug traffickers and manufacturers to keep society safe.

The Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate both said on Tuesday - which was International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking - that drug problems are still serious in China, although the number of related offenses have declined in the past two years.

The decline does not mean drug-related crimes are no longer a problem, the top court said in a statement, and drug offenders still get heavy punishments.