In fact , several revisions to the Criminal Law have been recently enacted , including a reduction in the number of non-violent economic crime punishable by death and the addition of some new criminal offenses , including drunk driving and endangering food safety and damaging the environment . If revised , law will secret detention , if notifying relatives or friends will hinder probe . Activist - artist Ai Weiwei 's website says proposed revision has grim implications . China 's mainstream media have run stories that revisions will help individual rights . On Twitter - like Weibo , Netizens gave proposed revision a thumbs - down .
If revised , law will secret detention , if notifying relatives or friends will hinder probe . Activist - artist Ai Weiwei 's website says proposed revision has grim implications . China 's mainstream media have run stories that revisions will help individual rights . On Twitter - like Weibo , Netizens gave proposed revision a thumbs - down .