Country's 1st law on community correction adopted

China's top legislature on Dec 28 voted to adopt the country's first law on community correction, offering the legal basis for rehabilitating criminals who received relatively lenient punishment and for helping them better integrate into society.

The law clarifies community correction, a noncustodial sentence, is aimed at criminals who have been given a reprieve, released on parole, placed under surveillance or allowed to temporarily serve their sentences out of prison.

It also stipulates judicial administration should take charge of community correction, and courts, procuratorates and public security departments will coordinate their actions.

Besides the law, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, also passed the law on promotion of basic medical and healthcare, the revised the Securities Law and the amendment to the Forest Law at the end of its six-day bimonthly session on Saturday.

Lawmakers also decided the 13th NPC will hold its third annual session in Beijing on March 5.