Leniency for guilty pleas allows suspects and defendants to be considered for mitigated punishment if they voluntarily confess and sign affidavits.
Also added is the practice of expedited trial at primary people's courts, involving mostly petty criminal offenses.
Both leniency for guilty pleas and expedited trial have been tested in pilots.
The revision will also adjust certain provisions of the Criminal Procedure Law to avoid conflict with the Supervision Law.
The Criminal Procedure Law was created in 1979 and underwent two major revisions, in 1996 and 2017.
LAWS ON ASSESSORS, HEROES AND MARTYRS
A draft law on "people's assessors" and another to protect the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs were tabled to the legislature for second readings.
The first legislation will give assessors a bigger role to play, including in cases in which the death penalty is possible and cases which cause "severe social impact."
Zhou Guangquan, deputy chairman of the NPC Constitution and Law Committee, said the bill was now ready for a vote.
The second legislation adds punishment for people who "glorify wars of invasion" and disturb the social order.
Hu Keming, another deputy chairman of the NPC Constitution and Law Committee, said the bill was meant to protect public interest and promote socialist core values.
"The legislation is very necessary and the text is now mature enough to be adopted," Hu said.
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