Canada has opened an investigation into Cheng Muyang, a Vancouver property developer identified as a high-profile economic fugitive wanted by Chinese authorities, Canadian Ambassador to China Guy Saint-Jacques said.
When China's justice minister, Wu Aiying had a meeting with the country's prime minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa al-Thani, on April 13.
The 87-year-old Gao Mingxuan, dean emeritus of Beijing Normal University's Criminal Law Science Research Institute, recently received a Beccaria Medal, at the 13th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, on April 15, in Doha.
China seeks to coordinate with all parties to strengthen law enforcement under the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization.
China's accelerated efforts to hunt for corrupt officials who have fled overseas demonstrate its zero tolerance toward corruption.
Following last year's "Fox Hunt 2014," which targeted corrupt officials and suspected economic criminals who have fled the country, an upgraded campaign codenamed "Sky Net" was launched on Thursday, bringing more government departments on board, including not only party organs and law enforcement agencies, but also the central bank and diplomatic services.
China will strengthen cooperation with the United States on major legal cases aimed at repatriating corrupt Chinese officials hiding in the US, as well as confiscating their ill-gotten assets, a senior official of the Supreme People's Procuratorate said.
China's anti-corruption campaign is leaving an impression nearly 7,000 kilometers away.