Courts accept more lawsuits against government
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Chinese courts are now accepting more administrative lawsuits thanks to a revised law that enables citizens to sue the government more easily, among other reasons, China鈥檚 top judge said yesterday.
Zhou Qiang, president of the Supreme People鈥檚 Court, made the remarks when delivering a report at the bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the 12th National People鈥檚 Congress.
In May, the first month the revised Administrative Procedure Law came into effect, courts nationwide received 26,000 administrative cases, a 221 percent surge year on year, said Zhou. In the first nine months, around 400,000 such cases were reported, a 47.6 percent increase from the same period of last year.
Zhou said the surge was also a result of the top court鈥檚 implementation of a newly established registration system, which requires courts to accept any legitimate lawsuits when they are filed.
In the past, many people had troubles having their lawsuits against the government accepted into court and were forced to petition upper-level government departments instead.
Zhou said the judicial system must strengthen its protection of citizens, ranging from traditional land expropriation and housing demolition disputes to environmental and labor-related cases.
A shortage of professional judges is a major problem. The 8,878 administrative law judges in the country cannot even meet minimum needs, Zhou said.
To cope with the rise of new cases, the top court urged local courts to analyze prominent problems and give more support to judges in order to better handle case work.
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