Draft law facilitates transfer of criminals

A draft law that has clarified conditions and procedures for transferring criminals between China and other countries will facilitate international cooperation in fighting transnational crimes and graft, lawmakers and experts said.

The draft law on international criminal judicial assistance, submitted to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, the country's top legislature, for second deliberation on Monday, includes a new chapter on the transfer of criminal convicts.

It stipulates that a foreign country can make a request to China on the transfer of its citizens who have been convicted of crimes in China.