China enacts law to pursue fugitive officials and assets overseas

Key facts

• Chinese lawmakers voted on Friday to enact a law to pursue fugitive officials and their ill-gotten assets overseas.
• The law is part of President Xi Jinping's enforcement of discipline in the Communist Party, Nikkei Asia reported.
• The measure aims to prevent civil servants and state-owned company bosses from fleeing with assets.

Chinese lawmakers voted on Friday, November 6, 2026, to enact a law that allows authorities to pursue officials who flee overseas and the assets they take with them, Nikkei Asia reported. The measure is part of President Xi Jinping's enforcement of discipline in the Communist Party.

The law aims to prevent civil servants and state-owned company bosses from fleeing with assets, according to Nikkei Asia. The report did not specify the penalties, the mechanisms for recovering assets, or which agencies would enforce the law.