US EUROPE AFRICA ASIA 中文
    China / Society

    Circuit courts ease pressure on system

    By Cao Yin (China Daily) Updated: 2015-02-03 08:29

    Circuit courts ease pressure on system
    Judges at China's first circuit court in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, take their oath as it opens on Wednesday. The court's jurisdiction includes Guangdong and Hainan provinces and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region. Provided by Xinhua
    Initiative aims to stop interference in legal disputes by local governments

    East and West are never quite the same. In English, people used to say, "the King has long arms", while in Chinese, people say, "The sky is high, the emperor far away", meaning the government's power diminishes in distant corners of the country.

    When you look at all the people lining up every morning in front of some central government offices to file their appeals and submit their complaints, you know how true the ancient saying remains.

    Staff members at the Supreme People's Court say that, thanks in part to growing awareness of the rule of law among citizens, they have been overloaded with local appeals for the last few years.

    The number of cases that the country's highest court handles annually exceeded 10,000 in 2010 and rose to a record high of 14,000 in 2014.

    A majority of the cases are from the economically more developed coastal areas in East China. Now the Supreme People's Court has opened the country's first two circuit courts as its regional extensions, according to a guideline issued on Wednesday.

    More convenient service

    The move, which will ease the pressure on the top court, is part of judicial reforms designed to prevent local governments from interfering in cases and provide a more convenient service for litigants.

    The first circuit court is based in Shenzhen, a business hub adjacent to Hong Kong and a service center for all the other cities in the Pearl River Delta, a key industrial base.

    The Shenzhen circuit court is responsible for hearing administrative, civil and commercial disputes in the provinces of Guangdong, of which the Pearl River Delta forms only a part, and Hainan, and the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, said Sun Jungong, the top court's spokesman.

    The second circuit court is in Shenyang and will serve cases from Heilongjiang, Liaoning and Jilin provinces. It will focus in particular on disputes arising from the painstaking economic transition in the nation's traditional industrial base, Sun said.

    The new courts are expected to help relieve the top court from its heavy workload, and ensure independent and unbiased hearings.

    However, the Supreme People's Court says cases relating to intellectual property rights, maritime matters, foreigners, executions and claims for State compensation will still be handed by the top court's head office in Beijing.

    Previous Page 1 2 Next Page

    Highlights
    Hot Topics
    ...
    中文字幕亚洲综合小综合在线| 久久无码AV一区二区三区| 久久久久久国产精品无码下载 | 无码日韩人妻AV一区二区三区| 欧美日韩毛片熟妇有码无码| 亚洲日韩精品无码专区网站| 午夜福利av无码一区二区| 日本精品自产拍在线观看中文| 惠民福利中文字幕人妻无码乱精品 | 无码人妻精品一区二区三区夜夜嗨 | 最近最好最新2019中文字幕免费| 午夜无码中文字幕在线播放| 无码中文人妻视频2019 | 久久久久久综合一区中文字幕| 国产精品一区二区久久精品无码| 亚洲av无码不卡| 亚洲AV无码久久精品色欲| 台湾无码AV一区二区三区| 久久99中文字幕久久| 日韩成人无码中文字幕| 亚洲精品无码久久久| 国产精品午夜无码AV天美传媒 | 日日日日做夜夜夜夜无码| √天堂中文www官网在线| AV无码人妻中文字幕| 亚洲日产无码中文字幕| 无码人妻精品中文字幕免费东京热| 无码日韩人妻AV一区二区三区| 69ZXX少妇内射无码| 国产精品免费无遮挡无码永久视频| 人妻无码第一区二区三区| 日韩av无码一区二区三区| 免费A级毛片无码A∨| 免费无码中文字幕A级毛片| 日韩精品无码一区二区中文字幕 | 十八禁无码免费网站| 免费精品无码AV片在线观看| 国产亚洲AV无码AV男人的天堂| 国产AV无码专区亚洲精品| 毛片一区二区三区无码| 无码精品蜜桃一区二区三区WW|