Chief Justice highlights a busy 5-year period and vows to boost legal system
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Zhou Qiang, China’s chief justice, delivered a work report of the Supreme People’s Court on Friday at the first session of the 13th National People’s Congress.
Following are highlights of his report:
Work in 2013-2017
The SPC heard about 82,383 cases and closed around 79,692 ones, up 60.6 percent and 58.8 percent respectively over the previous five-year period;
Local courts nationwide heard about 88.97 million cases, up 58.6 percent, and closed 85.98 million cases, up 55.6 percent, over the previous five years;
A total of 6.07 million suspects were convicted in the first trials of 5.49 million criminal cases;
A total of 195,000 graft cases including bribery and embezzlement were concluded, involving 101 officials at and above ministerial level;
A total of 42,000 criminal cases, including offenses related to food and drug safety, were concluded;
Chinese courts reopened trials involving 6,747 criminal cases and rectified the sentences;
A total of 2,943 suspects prosecuted by the state were acquitted;
A total of 31,527 convicts were granted amnesty;
Chinese courts tried 683,000 cases of intellectual property rights;
Chinese courts heard 1,383 public interest litigation cases for environmental damage lodged by prosecutors, and another 252 similar cases filed by non-governmental organizations;
A total of 85 judges died of fatigue or assaults on duty;
The SPC punished its 53 staff members for violating Party disciplinary rules and the law;
A total of 3,338 staff members at local courts nationwide were caught misusing their power, and 531 were prosecuted; 1,762 leading officials of courts were held accountable for poor leadership.
Plan for 2018
The SPC will launch a large-scale education campaign of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, and the spirit of the 19th Communist Party of China National Congress;
The SPC will step up crackdown against infiltrative, subversive and separatist activities, terrorism, organized crimes, porn, gambling, drugs, human trafficking, pyramid schemes, illegal fundraising, and graft;
The SPC will create a better legal environment for economic development and enhance protection of property rights;
The SPC will provide better judicial service for ordinary people, respect lawyers’ rights to exercise their duties, and ensure the execution of court orders;
The SPC will continue pushing forward judicial reforms, and further enhance transparency of court proceedings and legal documents;
The SPC will discipline judges and court staff more strictly and uphold a zero tolerance policy on corruption.
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