Roundup: China passes law against cross-border corruption, ratifies agreement on establishing World AI Cooperation Organization - 新华网

Zhao Leji, chairman of the National People's Congress (NPC) Standing Committee, presides over the closing meeting of the 25th session of the 14th NPC Standing Committee at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Nov. 6, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)

BEIJING, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- Chinese lawmakers on Friday voted to adopt a law against cross-border corruption, a law on procuratorial public-interest litigation, and ratify an agreement on establishing the World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization.

The votes were taken at a closing meeting of the 25th session of the Standing Committee of the 14th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing.

Lawmakers also voted to adopt a law on Antarctic activities and environmental protection, a revised Water Law, and a decision on amending 15 laws, including the Emergency Response Law.

They also adopted a decision to remove Li Lecheng from the post of minister of industry and information technology.

President Xi Jinping signed five presidential orders to promulgate the laws and the decision, and a sixth one to announce the decision on the personnel change.

Zhao Leji, chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, presided over the closing meeting.

The meeting also voted to adopt reports on the examination of deputies' proposals and on the qualification of certain deputies and other personnel-related bills.

Addressing the closing meeting, Zhao stressed the need to uphold higher standards and adopt more concrete measures to improve the efficacy of Party building within the people's congress system, while urging further improvements to the legal framework for combating corruption.

He also chaired a meeting of the Council of Chairpersons of the NPC Standing Committee before the closing meeting, and presided over a lecture for lawmakers afterward. ■