China pledges greater supervision and competence in judicial system
China´s procuratorate conducted graft probes against 2,670 officials above county level last year, including eight at the provincial or ministerial level, according to a report to be delivered at the annual session of the parliament Thursday.
China´s supreme court examined more than 13,300 cases last year, up 26 percent from the previous year, according to a report to be delivered by the chief justice at the annual session of the parliament on Thursday.
China´s top judge Wang Shengjun started to deliver a report on the work of the Supreme People´s Court at a meeting of the annual parliament session Thursday.
Chinese courts laid special stress on facts and evidence in the trials of suspects involved in the riots in Lhasa in 2008 and in Urumqi last year, said a report delivered by the country´s chief justice to the parliament Thursday.
China´s courts at all levels tried and concluded 527 cases against mafia-style gangs last year, up 13.8 percent from the previous year, according to a report delivered by the top judge at the annual session of the parliament on Thursday.
China´s Chief Justice Wang Shengjun said Thursday that courts will take actions on judicial corruption to prevent abuse of judicial power after a former vice president of the supreme court was jailed for life two months ago.
China´s chief justice Wang Shengjun, president of the Supreme People´s Court (SPC), delivered a report on the work of the SPC Thursday afternoon to the Third Session of the 11th National People´s Congress.
China´s Procurator-General Cao Jianming delivered a report on the work of the Supreme People´s Procuratorate Thursday afternoon at a meeting of the Third Session of the 11th National People´s Congress.
The economic downturn and rising social disputes pushed the number of court cases in China to a record 11.37 million last year, stretching the country´s limited judicial resources.
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