New laws aid fight against corruption

China will have more power to fight corruption and conduct international cooperation on criminal cases after two related laws were adopted by the country's top legislature on Friday.

The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed the Amendment to the Criminal Procedure Law, which includes the "default judgment" provisions that let a criminal trial continue even if the defendant has fled China.

One provision applies to graft-related criminal cases, and also serious incidents endangering national security and terrorist activities that have been examined by the Supreme People's Procuratorate and that need to be tried in a timely manner.