China News Service, Beijing, July 23 (Reporter Zhang Su) China's Supreme People's Court announced on the 23rd that the recently held enlarged meeting of the Supreme People's Court's party group studied and analyzed the operation of the people's court's trial and enforcement work in the first half of the year, and deployed the next steps.
Among them, it is clear that employment discrimination against recovered persons who have tested positive for the new coronavirus nucleic acid is resolutely prohibited.
Data show that in the first half of this year, the number of new cases received by courts across the country decreased year-on-year, while the number of closed cases increased year-on-year, realizing a virtuous circle of closed cases.
The rate of first-instance verdicts and appeals has increased, the rate of petitions involving lawsuits has continued to decline, the amount of enforcement has reached a record high, and the trial enforcement has been steadily progressing, with various indicators showing a good trend.
When making arrangements for the next step, Zhou Qiang, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the Supreme People's Court of China, requested that the enforcement of trials should be vigorously strengthened to serve the high-quality economic and social development.
He pointed out that it is necessary to carry out the fight against gangsters and evils on a regular basis, severely punish crimes that the people hate in accordance with the law, severely crack down on online fraud and pension fraud, and resolutely safeguard the safety of people's lives and property.
Zhou Qiang said that it is necessary to strengthen the judicial protection of property rights and entrepreneurs' rights, actively use judicial means to stimulate the vitality of market entities, promote entrepreneurship, and allow entrepreneurs to concentrate on starting a business, investing with confidence, and operating with peace of mind.
It is necessary to strengthen judicial protection for the application of data technology and the development of the digital economy, and promote the creation of an open, healthy and safe digital ecosystem.
It is necessary to equally protect the legitimate rights and interests of Chinese and foreign parties in accordance with the law, strengthen the market players' awareness of the rule of law and the spirit of contract, create a market-oriented, law-based, and international business environment, and serve the expansion of high-level opening to the outside world.
Talking about the proper trial of cases involving people's livelihood in accordance with the law, he called for strengthening the protection of the rights and interests of groups such as college graduates, migrant workers and workers in new employment forms, and resolutely prohibiting employment discrimination against those who have recovered from the new coronavirus nucleic acid test positive.
In addition, Zhou Qiang emphasized that it is necessary to continue to do a good job in comprehensively and strictly controlling the party and the police, and forge a loyal, clean and responsible court team.
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