Closer look: Shutter Labor Camp System for Good, Legal Experts Urge

(Beijing) – Legal experts called on the government to follow through with abolishing the country's notorious system of labor camps.

On January 7, Politburo member Meng Jianzhu said at a top conference that the system would "cease to be used." Caixin learned of the comments from a person who attended the meeting.

Meng said the decision required the approval of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), which will meet this spring, but disappointed some by stopping short of saying it should be abolished.