• Courts crack down on noncompliance with rulings

    2026-01-30

    Chinese courts will continue a hard-line crackdown on noncompliance with court rulings, despite the continuing decline in the number of people added to the national dishonesty blacklist, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said.

  • China courts step up enforcement, punish thousands for defying rulings

    2026-01-30

    Chinese courts held 4,461 people criminally accountable in 2025 for refusing to comply with court rulings, underscoring a sustained crackdown on dishonest conduct, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) said on Monday.

  • Retired judges lend skills to 'silver-haired mediation'

    2026-01-23

    In Chinese culture elderly people are widely respected, and parties in conflict are often willing to listen to their advice. So retired judges are a valuable legal asset for both the courts and society.

  • Fair use of law urged as foreign cases rise 50%

    2026-01-23

    Chinese courts have been urged to improve their adjudication over foreign-related cases by emphasizing fairness, impartiality, accessibility, efficiency and a people-centered approach, in a bid to strengthen judicial support for China's high-level opening-up.

  • Chinese courts see surge in foreign-related cases

    2026-01-23

    In 2025, Chinese courts handled approximately 40,000 first-instance civil and commercial cases involving foreign matters, marking a nearly 50 percent increase from the previous year, according to data released by the Supreme People's Court(SPC) on Monday.

  • SPC highlights stronger crackdown on emerging crimes

    2026-01-22

    China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) highlighted more law-based and coordinated governance of emerging crimes with tighter administrative and criminal penalties at a national meeting of high court presidents held in Beijing on Monday.