China sets up 41,000 public legal service platforms

BEIJING -- China has more than 41,000 online and offline public legal service platforms and hotlines at various administrative levels amid accelerated efforts to build its public legal service system, the Ministry of Justice said Jan 19.

There are currently 81,000 people working on public legal service platforms offline, the ministry said at a national meeting of judicial department heads.

Last year, around 9.3 million disputes were resolved by mediation organizations and centers across the country, said the ministry.