China News Service, June 17th. Li Shaoping, Vice President of the Supreme People’s Court, said on the 17th that from January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021, 12.197 million online cases were filed in courts across the country, accounting for the majority of the total number of cases opened. 28.3%; the total number of online mediation was 6.513 million, and 6,142,900 cases were successfully mediated before litigation; 1.288 million online court sessions took an average of 42.34 minutes for online trial; 33.833 million electronic services, accounting for 37.97% of the total number of services.
The Supreme People's Court held a press conference on the 17th to introduce the development of Internet justice in my country, and issued the "People's Court Online Litigation Rules" and "The People's Court Judicial Reform Case Selection (11)."
Li Shaoping introduced that, in general, the construction achievements of Chinese courts in the field of Internet justice are mainly reflected in the following three aspects:
One is the in-depth integration of digital technology and trial execution.
Modern technologies such as big data, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, blockchain, and 5G are used in all areas such as litigation services, pre-litigation mediation, case trials, and trial management.
Courts across the country generally implement online cross-domain case filing, online proof and cross-examination, voice recognition in court hearings, electronic dossier applications, electronic document delivery, etc., intelligent document generation, category case identification pushes, judgment deviation prompts, blockchain electronic deposits, and smart contract execution Such technologies have become increasingly mature, and the judicial system is convenient for the people, and the trial is fair and efficient.
Up to now, more than 3,500 courts across the country have connected to the "China Mobile Micro Court" online litigation platform, which has accumulated more than 1.265 billion visits, providing the public with diversified, full-chain, one-stop online litigation services.
From January 1, 2020 to May 31, 2021, the national courts filed 12.197 million online cases, accounting for 28.3% of the total number of cases opened; the total number of online mediations was 6.513 million, and 6,142,900 cases were successfully mediated before litigation; There were 1.288 million online court hearings, and the average online trial time was 42.34 minutes; electronic delivery was 33.833 million times, accounting for 37.97% of the total number of deliveries.
Through the unremitting efforts of courts across the country, the scale and quality of online litigation have been continuously improved, and a litigation model featuring both online and offline parallel and orderly convergence has initially taken shape.
Second, online litigation rules have gradually matured and finalized.
With the gradual popularization of online litigation, since 2018, the Supreme People’s Court has successively formulated and issued the “Regulations on Several Issues Concerning the Trial of Cases in Internet Courts”, “The Implementation Measures for the Pilot Reform of the Diversion of Complex and Simple Civil Litigations”, and “Regarding Strengthening and Standardizing During the Prevention and Control of the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic” "Notice of Online Litigation Work" and other documents.
Some courts with a good information foundation have studied and formulated online litigation procedures, operating guidelines, and litigation guidelines in combination with the actual trial, and have continuously refined and improved them in judicial practice.
The "Rules" promulgated this time are a culmination of early explorations and local experience, and they have also upgraded relatively mature practical innovations to institutional rules to consolidate effective reform results in a timely manner.
The third is the continuous improvement of judicial governance in cyberspace.
In recent years, represented by Internet courts, people’s courts at all levels have tried a large number of Internet cases with regulatory significance, exploring and establishing protection rules for new objects such as public data, virtual property, digital currency, and smart works; regulating live broadcasts in accordance with the law Emerging business formats such as goods, pay-on-demand, and knowledge sharing; severely crack down on the dark Internet industries such as concealed traffic, improper acceptance, online billing, and empty bag money laundering, effectively maintaining the order of cyberspace, and vigorously promoting the innovation and development of digital economy and digital industry.