Security committee to act as 'nerve center'

The State Security Committee will serve as the "nerve center" when China handles national security issues, media and experts said.

A commentary carried by the overseas edition of the People's Daily said on Wednesday that "having a State security committee has become a must for big countries around the world".

China will set up such a committee, according to a communique issued after the Third Plenary Session of the 18th Communist Party of China Central Committee that ended on Tuesday.