Zhou Qiang, Party chief of Hunan province, was elected president of the Supreme People's Court by about 3,000 deputies to the National People's Congress in Beijing on Friday.
China's anti-graft campaign is expected to gain more momentum through institutional reforms, as the country's leadership has vowed to fight corruption resolutely, analysts have said.
The National People's Congress (NPC), China's parliament, adopted a cabinet restructuring plan at a plenary meeting on Thursday in a bid to reduce bureaucracy and make the government more efficient in the world's most populous country.
"Reforms," "adjustments" and "transformation" are the key words used by world media in their reports about Chinese economy discussed at this year's annual sessions of the National People's Congress (NPC) and the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
After the restructuring, the NDRC, which is responsible for formulating national social and economic development strategies, will help coordinate population policy making with that of other policies.
China's role on the world stage will be strengthened after the ongoing annual session of the National People's Congress, the top legislature, a Ukrainian international relations expert told Xinhua on Tuesday.
And it is like the whole world is meeting, in the sense that the shape of things at the congress will probably determine sociopolitical direction in the world," the award-winning journalist said.
To change the situation, a clear boundary has to be set between the market and the government, monopolies have to be broken, and the process of administrative approval needs to be simplified, he added.