China's supreme court to apply national security concepts in its work

China's Supreme People's Court will apply the concepts of national security in its work, and severely punish crimes that endanger national security and public security, it said on Friday in a report reviewed by Reuters.

It will maintain a "high-pressure" stance in punishing crimes of corruption, and develop "new productive forces" in accordance with the law, according to the report, released during the annual meeting of the National People's Congress (CPC).