• China to boost courts in western region

    2016-01-14

    The top court will continue to support the Tibet and Xinjiang autonomous regions in the court system to achieve economic development and social stability.

  • Righting wrongs of courts

    2016-01-13

    In the past three years, a number of wrongful convictions have been corrected, with more than 20 high-profile ones proven to be wrongly judged since 2012, according to the latest estimates.

  • China Judgment Enforcement Forum opens in Nanjing

    2016-01-12

    Jiang Bixin, vice-president of the top court, spoke highly of the Execution Behavior Research Association for its long-term contribution to theoretical research into enforcement as well as to its practical implementation.

  • China to speed up promotion of rule of law

    2016-01-07

    China has made progress in scientific legislation, judicial reform and public security, and enhanced social fairness and justice according to the roadmap for achieving that goal.

  • Courts told to enforce judgments

    2016-01-07

    Chinese courts must improve their handling of financial defaults and individual debtors in the face of a skyrocketing case load over the past three years, an official of the top court said on Wednesday.

  • Top justice vows further reform

    2016-01-04

    The new cross-regional court and the intellectual property rights courts have played an exemplary role in advancing the country’s judicial reform, which should be further deepened.

  • Zhou urged to strengthen jury system

    2016-01-04

    Zhou Qiang, president of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC), said the pilot jury system program should be moved forward to improve judicial credibility.

  • China vows closer scrutiny over commutation of sentences

    2015-12-16

    The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) has pledged greater efforts to spot and correct improper commutation of sentences for "the rich and the powerful."