More than 810,000 people had benefited from the legal aid supported by China's public welfare lottery fund as of October, according to the China Legal Aid Foundation (CLAF) on Nov 11.
Wang Chen, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and head of the China Law Society, on Nov 10 stressed that the rule of law is an imperative part in the construction of the Belt and Road (B&R).
China will work to uphold and improve the system of socialist rule of law with Chinese characteristics and improve the Party's capacity for law-based governance and law-based exercising of state power, according to a decision of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
China plans to set up a system of punitive compensation for intellectual property (IP) infringements, according to a draft government regulation.
Fully implementing the country's Constitution and laws is essential to advancing the rule of law, a senior official said on Friday.
A total of 35,474 fugitives suspected of gang and organized crime turned themselves in during China's nationwide crackdown campaign, authorities said Monday.
The third Regional Meeting on Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics was held in Chengdu, capital of Southwest China's Sichuan province, on Oct 28.
Since 2015, lawyers from Harbin, capital of China's northernmost province of Heilongjiang, have traveled over 15,000 kilometers on large-scale legal service tours.
China on Thursday released a guideline to clarify the use of a mechanism under which criminal suspects may receive lenient penalties if they admit their guilt and accept punishments.
Liu Zhenyu, vice-minister of justice, stressed the importance of commercial mediation in the building of a sound business environment during his speech at the International Mediation Summit 2019 held on Southwest China's Chongqing on Oct 17.
China's Ministry of Justice on Oct 23 released a document to boost lawyers' participation in pro bono legal services.
Juveniles who engage in serious misconduct - such as public fighting, drug use or gambling - but who may be exempt from punishment because of their age will receive rehabilitative treatment by police, a draft revision said.
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