Judicial system reform needs to be deepened and full play given to judicial functions to protect the Yangtze River and provide legal underpinning to the development of Yangtze River Economic Zone, says Zhou Qiang, president and chief justice of the Supreme People’s Court.
Zhou Qiang, chief justice and president of the Supreme People’s Court, met with a delegation led by Ho Iat Seng, president of the Legislative Assembly of Macao Special Administration Region on Oct 12 in Beijing.
Suggestions on establishing circuit courts, guaranteeing job security of judges, promoting a more convenient judicial service system for the people and saving judicial resources were referred at a circuit court on Oct 15.
China's top court has told a villager jailed for life after being found guilty of killing a boy with rat poison that his case will be retried on the grounds of insufficient evidence.
Cutting, punching or tearing down oil and gas devices to steal the oil and gas contained within should be defined as a crime of harming public security.
A top Chinese official has spoken of the importance of his country and Vietnam working together to combat crime in a Sino-Vietnam conference on joint approaches to crime on Oct 11.
Jean De Codt, president of top court of Belgium wrote to its Chinese counterpart, expressing his gratitude to Zhou Qiang, president of Chinese Supreme People’s Court (SPC) for receiving him in June in China and donating historical materials to him.
A tribunal to deal with possible lawsuits during the China International Import Expo, which will be held in Shanghai from Nov 5 to 10, was established inside the venue on Monday.
