Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, March 8th: Zhang Jun, President of the Supreme People's Court, delivered a work report of the Supreme People's Court to the Second Session of the 14th National People's Congress on the morning of the 8th.
The summary is as follows:
2023 work review
In 2023, under the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core, and under the strong supervision of the National People's Congress and its Standing Committee, the Supreme People's Court will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, thoroughly implement Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law, and faithfully Fulfill the responsibilities entrusted by the Constitution and laws, focus on the work theme of "justice and efficiency", insist on active justice, do in-depth and practical work to serve the overall situation, provide justice for the people, and take solid steps to promote the modernization of trial work.
The Supreme People's Court accepted 21,081 cases and closed 17,855 cases, a year-on-year increase of 54.6% and 29.5% respectively.
Courts at all levels across the country accepted 45.574 million cases and closed 45.268 million cases, a year-on-year increase of 15.6% and 13.4% respectively.
1. Serve the overall situation effectively and ensure high-quality development and high-level security with active justice
Resolutely safeguard national security and social stability.
Implement the overall national security concept and severely crack down on infiltration, sabotage, subversion, and separatist activities by hostile forces.
We carried out the campaign against gangs and evil on a regular basis, adhering to the principle of “not sparing any criminals who are gangsters, and not counting any crimes that are not gangsters.” We concluded 1,855 gang-related criminal cases involving 11,191 people.
Promote public safety governance.
52,000 cases of serious violent crimes such as intentional homicide and 62,000 cases were concluded, and the death penalty for Lao Rongzhi, who had killed many people and had been absconding for many years, was approved and executed in accordance with the law.
33,000 drug-related criminal cases involving 50,000 people were concluded, and criminals involved in large-scale smuggling, manufacturing of drugs, and recidivists were resolutely sentenced.
31,000 telecommunications network fraud cases involving 64,000 people were concluded.
Adhere to a balance of leniency and severity, and severely punish behind-the-scenes "financiers", organizational leaders and key elements; school students and recent graduates who are tempted to sell and rent "two cards" to assist information network criminal activities and become "tools" of electronic fraud are punished in accordance with the law. Give lenient treatment and strengthen educational warnings.
Carbon dioxide gas blasting is a new technology, and related products have not yet been included in the national catalog of civil explosives. Regarding the use of this technology to produce civil explosives, the court considered that it was used for production and strictly managed, and determined that it did not constitute a crime. At the same time, it promoted the relevant departments to include the new explosives. Products are included in the management list to standardize and promote the promotion and application of new technologies.
Give full play to the judicial function in the fight against corruption.
24,000 cases of corruption and bribery and other official-related crimes involving 27,000 people were concluded, and 30 former central management cadres including Shen Deyong, Sheng Guangzu, and Li Wenxi were punished according to law.
We will investigate bribery and bribery at the same time, and severely punish those who offer bribes multiple times, in large amounts, or to multiple people.
We concluded 371 cases of fugitives who returned to the country for trial; we concluded 38 cases of special procedures for confiscation of illegal income after criminal suspects or defendants escaped or died, and recovered illegal income of 450 million yuan and real estate worth hundreds of millions of yuan. We resolutely broke the "one person escapes, one person escapes" case of corrupt elements. The dream of "the whole family benefits".
Help strengthen the construction of financial rule of law.
3.032 million financial cases were concluded.
Judicial recommendations No. 2 and No. 4 were issued to promote credit review, standardize insurance business, and work together to strengthen financial supervision.
Increase penalties for illegal activities such as financial fraud, fraudulent issuance, and market manipulation in the capital market.
A New OTC company fraudulently issued additional shares, and the court ordered it to compensate investors 49 million yuan. The company's executives bear up to 100% joint liability, and intermediaries that neglected verification bear 20% joint liability.
Financial behavior must be compliant, executives who break the law must be severely punished, and intermediaries must be held accountable for their negligence.
Promote the development and growth of the private economy in accordance with the law.
We formulated 27 opinions on optimizing the legal environment to promote the development and growth of the private economy, integrating the principle of equal protection in accordance with the law into judicial policies and handling individual cases.
42 criminal cases involving property rights were retried in accordance with the law and 86 people were corrected.
We resolutely corrected the treatment of economic disputes as crimes, and acquitted 16 companies and 34 business owners and managers in the first and second trials in accordance with the law.
Promote the clearing of arrears to small and medium-sized enterprises, with an amount of 18.78 billion yuan implemented.
We strongly supported private enterprises in combating corruption and "fighting moles," and concluded 6,779 cases of bribery and job embezzlement involving 8,124 non-state employees.
Criminal compliance procedures were applied to 658 private enterprises involved in the case.
The compliance reform of the companies involved has expanded from the criminal field to the civil, administrative and enforcement fields, and there have been 1,711 related cases.
A textile printing and dyeing company was fined many times for excessive pollutant discharge, had its capital chain broken, and fell into semi-insolvency. The court worked with the environmental protection department to urge it to comply with regulations, update environmental protection equipment, and fully resume work and production. In the fourth quarter of last year, its output value increased by 85.7% year-on-year, which was almost the same as the previous year. The debts of collapsed enterprises have been basically paid off.
Bankruptcy trials promote optimal allocation of resources.
29,000 bankruptcy cases were concluded, and "zombie companies" were urged to be liquidated in a timely manner, involving 2.3 trillion yuan in debt.
Guided non-liquidation of those that could be reorganized, helped "crisis" companies find "new opportunities", concluded 1,485 bankruptcy reorganization and reconciliation cases, 762 distressed companies successfully reorganized, revitalized assets of 879 billion yuan, and stabilized 118,000 employees employment.
The first personal bankruptcy case in my country was concluded.
Service innovation drives development.
Strictly protect intellectual property rights in accordance with the law.
490,000 intellectual property cases were concluded.
Punitive damages were applied to 319 cases, a year-on-year increase of 117%, and the amount of compensation awarded was 1.16 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 3.5 times.
In the trial of the "melamine" invention patent and technical secret infringement case, the rights holder was finally compensated 658 million yuan, setting a new record for domestic intellectual property cases.
"Phishing-style rights protection" must be stopped.
A company promoted that its "self-service network building" software could be downloaded and used "for free", but it filed more than 9,000 lawsuits on the grounds that users did not retain their copyright logo on the website page.
The court held that its improper business methods had induced a large number of "infringements" and its reliance on claims for profit should not be supported. It significantly lowered the compensation standard, and a large number of lawsuits were dismissed.
Walk hand in hand and go further.
The two "unicorn" companies have repeatedly sued each other for infringement. The court guided both parties to abandon the zero-sum mentality and brokered a package settlement for more than 10 patent disputes.
Issued Judicial Recommendation No. 3 on the Protection of Film Intellectual Property Rights and promoted the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival to hold a film intellectual property protection forum for the first time.
Coordinated development of service areas.
Support the establishment of environmental resources courts with centralized jurisdiction in Chongqing, Chengdu, and Urumqi, and support the establishment of international commercial courts in Nanjing and Qingdao.
The fifth Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Judicial Forum was held, and the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei courts comprehensively strengthened judicial cooperation.
The Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui courts promote regional judicial coordination.
Issued opinions to serve Guangzhou Nansha in deepening comprehensive cooperation between Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao facing the world.
The Liaoning, Jihei and Inner Mongolia courts have made new breakthroughs in promoting the comprehensive revitalization of Northeast China by optimizing the legal business environment.
The services of the Chengdu-Chongqing Financial Court ensure the construction of the Chengdu-Chongqing twin-city economic circle.
Serve the construction of beautiful China.
232,000 environmental resource cases were concluded, a year-on-year decrease of 5.8%, including 5,386 environmental pollution cases, a year-on-year decrease of 11.5%. The concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature has become more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
Strictly punish falsification of environmental impact assessments, convict and sentence "environmental impact assessment report dealers" who engage in fraud and egregious circumstances, and ban the practice of environmental impact assessment for life.
Strengthen judicial protection of cultural relics and cultural heritage.
Guiding opinions on “double carbon” judicial services were issued, and 170,000 natural resource development and utilization cases were concluded, including 108 carbon-related cases.
A power company failed to fulfill its legal obligation to purchase wind power and photovoltaic power in full and was filed a public interest litigation. After mediation during the lawsuit, it promised to invest hundreds of millions of yuan in the construction of new energy supporting power grids, promoting the formation of a consensus that legal obligations must be fulfilled and "wind power abandoned" Abandoning the light” is not an option.
Services promote high-level opening up to the outside world.
Improve the efficiency of foreign-related justice.
24,000 foreign-related civil and commercial cases and 16,000 maritime cases were concluded, with the average trial time shortened by nearly 10 days.
In a ship collision case in overseas waters, many countries have jurisdiction. The foreign parties chose Chinese courts to have jurisdiction and agreed to apply Chinese law. After the Greek Shipowners P&I Club to which the foreign ship belonged was introduced to jointly mediate, the case was fully fulfilled.
Convenient and standardized resolution of international commercial disputes.
Deepen the construction of a diversified resolution platform for international commercial disputes.
The Second International Commercial Court of the Supreme People's Court successfully mediated a dispute involving a subject amount of 1 billion yuan between Chinese and foreign enterprises, prompting both parties to withdraw multiple domestic and overseas related lawsuits.
The "Oriental experience" of mediation has traveled across the ocean and demonstrated the wisdom of China's rule of law.
It concluded 16,000 judicial review cases of commercial arbitration, strengthened arbitration supervision, ruled to revoke 552 arbitration awards, and ruled to recognize (recognize) and enforce 69 overseas arbitration awards. The arbitration-friendly judicial environment is widely recognized.
Deepen international judicial exchanges and cooperation.
The Maritime Silk Road (Quanzhou) International Forum on Judicial Cooperation and the China-SCO National District Court Justices Forum were held.
Promote the opening of the Beijing Convention on the Judicial Sale of Ships for signature, becoming the first United Nations international maritime convention named after a Chinese city.
2. Promote justice for the people and protect and enhance people’s livelihood and well-being with active justice
Implement the Civil Code well.
Formulate judicial interpretations of the general principles of contracts of the Civil Code to promote the spirit of contract and promote fair transactions.
Make good use of the heritage administrator system of the Civil Code.
The three Gu brothers provided for the orphaned elderly man until his death. The court determined that the three brothers were eligible to apply for the appointment of an estate administrator due to the fact that they had provided support.
Accurately grasp the provisions of the Civil Code for exemptions for medical institutions, and clarify that medical institutions are not liable if they have fulfilled their diagnostic and treatment obligations or are limited to medical conditions that are difficult to diagnose and treat at the time, so that diagnostic and treatment activities that comply with standards are guaranteed, and doctors who do their best to treat patients are protected.
Handle the cases around the people carefully.
5.391 million cases involving education, employment, elderly care, food safety and other people's livelihood cases were concluded.
Protect the legitimate rights and interests of the elderly.
Clarify the rules for installing elevators in old communities and work together to solve the problem of elderly and disabled people going up and down stairs.
Judicial Recommendation No. 5 was issued to cooperate with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and others to strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of over-age workers.
Protect the rights and interests of workers in new forms of employment.
142,000 labor dispute cases involving new business types were concluded.
Based on actual employment, determine whether there is a labor relationship between delivery boys, etc. and platform companies, and break the "hidden tricks" of avoiding employment responsibilities through serial outsourcing of labor services, inducing self-employment registration, etc.
It is clear that "substantial labor" and "obvious time occupation" are used as the criteria for identifying online "invisible overtime", so that online work can be profitable and offline rest can be guaranteed.
Strong support for safeguarding rights according to law.
Helped migrant workers recover 2.18 billion yuan of "hard-earned money".
Publish typical cases of liability for damage caused by raising animals, making it clear that keeping pets is a personal right and keeping pets in good hands is a legal obligation.
Li manufactured and sold more than 30 kinds of substandard pesticides to many places, seriously harming the harvest and causing heavy losses to farmers. He was sentenced to 15 years in prison in accordance with the law, making it clear that cheating farmers and harming farmers is not tolerated by national law.
Use affection to resolve people's household chores.
2.17 million marriage and family cases were concluded, effectively safeguarding equal, harmonious and civilized marriage and family relationships.
Two batches of typical anti-domestic violence cases were released, and judicial regulations were imposed on domestic violence against minors in the name of "love", and on snatching and hiding minor children after divorce.
It is clear that if you are in a relationship or living together and encounter violence from the other party, you can apply for a personal safety protection order, and 5,695 personal safety protection orders of various types were issued.
Mou Linhan insulted his cohabiting girlfriend and caused her to commit suicide. He was sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment for the crime of abuse. This established the judicial rule that family members must bear criminal responsibility for violence committed by cohabitation before marriage.
Help ensure the delivery of buildings and stabilize people's livelihood.
A judicial interpretation has been issued to clarify the order of payment of debts in disputes over commercial housing that has been sold but is difficult to deliver, and to give priority to protecting the rights and interests of people who buy houses.
Judicial Recommendation No. 1 was issued to promote and improve the connection mechanism between online contract signing and registration and notice registration, strengthen the supervision of pre-sale funds for commercial housing, and strengthen pre-sale information inquiries and home purchase risk warnings.
Strictly punish online violence.
Introduce judicial policies to severely punish malicious initiators and organizers of online violence and those who persist in reform despite repeated abuses.
It is clear that online insults and slanders, causing serious physical and mental harm to the victim or his close relatives, or arbitrarily targeting the general public, etc., shall be investigated for criminal liability through public prosecution cases.
32 public prosecution cases of online defamation were concluded and 85 people were found guilty.
Public power must support victims, and cyber violence must pay a price.
Comprehensive care for the healthy growth of children and adolescents.
There is zero tolerance for crimes against minors, and 41,000 cases involving 61,000 people have been concluded.
The legal and ethical bottom line cannot be challenged.
Defendants Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen in the "Sister and Brother Falling Case", Ni Duqun, who sexually assaulted several young girls under the guise of love, and Wang Xiaoshan and Sun Baochang, who "obscenely raped" online and offline, were sentenced to death in accordance with the law.
Supervise neglectful parents to be good parents.
Sun, a minor, contracted bad habits and committed crimes because his parents were busy with their livelihood and neglected to accompany him.
After the court sentenced him, he issued a family education guidance order to his parents to urge them to fulfill their guardianship responsibilities and pay attention to their children's physical and mental health.
Strengthen legal education for minors.
Efforts were made to educate and reform minors to rescue delinquent minors, and 7,690 people who had minor cases and showed signs of repentance were given suspended sentences in accordance with the law. We continued to provide follow-up visits for help and education, and implemented the sealing of criminal records.
37,000 judges serve as vice-chancellors of the rule of law.
Lead campus protection in accordance with the law.
When a primary school student was accidentally injured during physical education class, the school had fulfilled its necessary education management responsibilities and rescue obligations, but the court ruled that the school was not responsible.
Not imposing harsh penalties on schools for organizing sports activities according to regulations will help promote the healthy growth of children.
When a student gets injured while playing "pull-up stools" in school, the school emphasizes the rules for students, and teachers often remind them that the court ruled that the parents of the children who "caused trouble" should be held responsible.
Although children are in school, parents are also responsible and must jointly protect campus safety.
It takes a long time to solve the difficulty of implementation.
9.76 million enforcement cases were concluded, with an amount of 2.26 trillion yuan in execution, a year-on-year increase of 6.4% and 13.1% respectively.
Pay attention to distinguishing between breach of trust and "disability" where there is no property available for execution.
For those who have the ability to perform but maliciously evade or resist execution, punishment for breach of trust will be intensified.
A special rectification campaign was carried out to punish those subject to execution for violating the "Height Restriction Order" by taking flights, fined 2,736 people, detained 1,876 people, and transferred 176 people for prosecution for refusing to enforce laws.
In response to "scalpers" and intermediary platforms helping "lao Lai" to circumvent the "high limit order" to make illegal profits, we will hand over relevant illegal and criminal clues and promote their accountability.
Those who were confirmed to be unable to perform their obligations were not included in the list of dishonest persons, with 3.207 million dishonest persons recorded, a year-on-year decrease of 3.1%; and 2.083 million persons under execution who were trying to repay their debts were promptly repaired, a year-on-year increase of 15.9%.
Make good use of measures such as "seal and lock" and implement reconciliation to more effectively protect the rights and interests of all parties by "releasing water to raise fish".
We will vigorously promote cross-enforcement by courts in different places and implement the elevated enforcement and designated enforcement stipulated in the law.
Since October last year, there have been 10,767 cases of cross-execution in different places, 4,203 cases have made substantial progress, and the amount of execution has reached 20.67 billion yuan.
Strengthen the protection of human rights and litigation rights.
Adhering to statutory punishments, evidence-based adjudication, and exoneration of suspected crimes, 465 defendants in public prosecution cases and 339 defendants in private prosecution cases were acquitted in accordance with the law.
We sought truth from facts and corrected unjust cases in accordance with the law, and 122 people were acquitted in 87 cases after retrial.
Distributed 840 million yuan in judicial relief funds to people in difficulty involved in litigation.
Promote fairness through procedures.
The rate of second-instance hearings increased by 10.55 percentage points, the rate of retrial examinations and inquiries and hearings increased by 3.04 percentage points; the appeal rate decreased by 0.18 percentage points.
With the determination to "do the people's affairs well even if our heads are bowed to the ground", we will promote "reply when we have faith".
Since September last year, courts across the country have made 191,000 procedural responses within seven days, with a response rate of 91.4% within the time limit; they have made 107,000 substantive responses, with a response rate of 95.6% within the time limit.
The justices of the Supreme People's Court take the lead, and court leaders at all levels handle difficult and complex petition cases on a case-by-case basis.
Effectively safeguard national defense interests and the legitimate rights and interests of servicemen and their families.
We severely punished crimes such as damaging military facilities and pretending to be soldiers, and concluded 318 related cases.
Provide military-related judicial services with heart and soul.
A soldier's father unfortunately died in a traffic accident. The "Supporting Military Tribunal" quickly processed the case through the "green channel" and urged the compensation to be paid in accordance with the law, relieving the worries of military families and giving peace of mind to military personnel.
A surveying and mapping company's drone flew "blackly" and abnormal air conditions caused a loss of national defense readiness resources. The court ordered it to bear compensation liability and consult with relevant military and civilian units to strengthen the management of unmanned aircraft to effectively serve national defense readiness and ensure military security. Safety.
Strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of compatriots from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, overseas Chinese and returned overseas Chinese and their family members.
25,000 cases involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan were concluded; 9,265 judicial assistance and mutual assistance cases involving Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan were handled; 7,279 cases involving overseas Chinese were concluded.
292 young students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan exchanged and studied at the People's Court.
A two-way exchange mechanism between mainland and Hong Kong judges was created, and the 7th Cross-Strait, Hong Kong and Macao Judicial High-Level Forum was successfully held in Macao.
3. Focus on the front end, treat problems before they happen, and use active justice to promote national and social governance
Deepen the diversified resolution of conflicts and disputes.
Promote "head-to-head" diversified dispute resolution.
Let’s work together to give full play to the advantages of professional mediation in the industry and strive to resolve various disputes before they become lawsuits.
Courts across the country successfully mediated 11.998 million disputes through entrusting people's mediation, administrative mediation, and industry professional mediation organizations, accounting for 40.2% of the total civil administrative cases brought to the courts during the same period.
Fulfill legal duties of guidance and mediation.
A national mediation work conference was held together with the Ministry of Justice to promote the implementation of the "Maple Bridge Experience" in the new era in streets, towns, communities and all walks of life.
Effectively manage the sources of administrative disputes.
Supervision supports administration according to law.
Work with the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Ministry of Natural Resources to standardize administrative law enforcement standards and procedures for work-related injury identification, land expropriation, etc., and work together to strengthen the management of the source of disputes in key areas.
25 high courts study and judge the administrative litigation situation, and the party committee and government attach great importance to it and promote the improvement of the level of administration according to law.
Zhou and his spouse divorced through court mediation, but the marriage registration information system was not changed in time. The parties were unable to apply for provident funds, and their request to change the marriage registration information was rejected.
The court ruled that marriage registration agencies should perform their responsibilities in accordance with the law, and promote the breaking of "data barriers" between departments, establish relevant information sharing mechanisms, and achieve "handle one case and manage one case."
Support administrative review to play a more important role.
Organized the first national joint training on administrative trial and administrative review work with the Ministry of Justice to unify law enforcement and judicial concepts and standards, support administrative agencies in strict law enforcement, promote more administrative violations to be corrected through review, and promote timely and effective resolution of administrative disputes.
Efforts should be made to achieve the conclusion of administrative litigation cases with the consent of the government and the people.
Within the legal framework, we seek the best solution that is more satisfactory to the masses and supported by the government.
Heared the retrial case of Zhou et al.’s application for administrative compensation against the county government, completely resolving the unresolved dispute between the parties after three years and four lawsuits.
Comprehensive policies have achieved results, and the appeal rate of administrative cases has dropped by 1.68 percentage points.
Adhering to handling cases is governance.
In response to the increase in disputes involving betrothal gifts and even vicious cases in recent years, judicial interpretations and typical cases have been issued, which not only respect traditional customs, but also clearly prohibit soliciting property in the name of betrothal gifts, so that marriage begins with love and betrothal gifts belong to "gifts."
Regarding claims for "knowing about fakes and buying fakes", it is helpful to punish counterfeiting. There are also chaos such as extortion through rights protection. Typical cases are released to clarify the judicial attitude towards punishing counterfeiting and selling. At the same time, it is clear that punitive compensation requests will only be supported within the scope of "life consumption" , the problem of inconsistent refereeing standards for "knowing fakes and buying fakes" has been standardized for more than 20 years.
The "two highs and two ministries" formulate and improve the opinions on legal liability for drunk driving, connect criminal penalties and administrative penalties, and implement a combination of leniency and severity, focusing on "governance."
From 2021 to 2023, 77 defendants were acquitted on the grounds of self-defense.
"The law cannot yield to the law" is not a slogan. "Article 20" has been awakened and must continue to be implemented.
Deepen and make good use of judicial advice.
Formulate judicial recommendations and regulations for comprehensive governance.
The Supreme People's Court issued judicial recommendations No. 1 to 5, and courts at all levels followed up and issued 9,429 judicial recommendations, working with relevant departments to promote national and social governance on the track of the rule of law.
Give full play to the role of lawyers in promoting justice and assisting governance.
Establish a "four-party consultation" mechanism with the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Ministry of Justice, and the All-China Lawyers Association to protect lawyers' rights to practice law.
Promote the establishment of a market-oriented mechanism for lawyers to participate in mediation.
4. Pay close attention to trial management and team building to ensure judicial fairness through active performance of duties
Promote "strengthening party spirit, emphasizing practice, and building new achievements" by "learning ideas" in a down-to-earth manner.
Persistently use Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era to focus our hearts and souls, and use the positions, viewpoints and methods that run through it to solve real problems and solve problems.
Daxing conducted research, identified 242 issues, and transformed 184 research results.
Special rectification was carried out to carry out special rectification on 11 outstanding problems such as the inability to resolve the essence of conflicts.
The mechanism for the announcement and delivery of litigation documents has been reformed and improved. Instead of being published in newspapers every week, it is now available online on the same day, and the cost is reduced by 1/3.
We carried out in-depth learning activities from heroes such as "Model of the Times" Bao Weizhong, and a large number of good judges and cadres such as Zhou Shuqin emerged who upheld corporate laws and served the people fairly. 14 judicial officers including Huang Guangde fell in the court and died at the execution site.
Deepen the comprehensive and supporting reform of the judicial system.
Comprehensively and accurately implement the judicial accountability system, and consolidate the "review and verification" responsibilities of the president and judge of the court for trial supervision.
We will deepen the reform of the Circuit Court of the Supreme People's Court and make it the "Supreme People's Court at the doorstep" of the people.
Efforts have been made to make judgment documents available online. This year, 2.165 million documents have been made available online, a year-on-year increase of 111.6%, covering more trial areas and case types. The Supreme People's Court and the Higher People's Court have made 35,000 online documents, a year-on-year increase of 4.7 times.
Unify legal application standards.
15 judicial interpretations were formulated, 13 guiding cases were issued, and 57 batches of 610 typical cases were issued.
Superior courts upgraded 2,205 cases with guiding significance and major social impact to their jurisdiction.
Strictly enforce the conditions for remand and retrial of instructions to prevent idling of procedures.
Create a "People's Court Case Library" that judges must refer to when handling cases; it will also be open to the public for use by litigants, lawyers handling cases, scholars for scientific research, and the masses studying law.
A "French Answer Network" was established, with a total of 280,000 questions and 230,000 answers.
Give full play to the "baton" role of scientific assessment.
Improve the trial quality management indicator system that conforms to judicial laws.
By adjusting the annual case closure rate to the case closure rate within the trial limit, the problem of "difficulty in filing cases at the end of the year" that has been difficult to solve for many years has been fundamentally solved.
The "case-to-case ratio" indicator has been set to prevent "one case being closed and many cases arising", which only increases the number of lawsuits among the people. The "case-to-case ratio" of courts across the country is improving month by month.
A special cleanup of long-standing and pending cases was carried out. Courts across the country concluded 1,914 pending litigation cases for more than three years and 2,455 pending cases involving 6,909 people. The clearance rates were 81.3% and 86.8% respectively.
Putting strict management into practice is love.
Strictly implement the political responsibilities of comprehensively and strictly managing the party and governing the hospital.
Integrate judicial inspections and trial inspections, report problems to people and events, and transmit strict pressure at all levels.
Pay close attention to the implementation of the "three regulations" to prevent interference in the judiciary, and 1.211 million people recorded and reported 1.938 million pieces of information, an increase of 7.5 times and 11.8 times respectively year-on-year.
Comprehensively consolidate the grassroots foundation.
Courts across the country selected 123 outstanding cadres to assist Tibet, Xinjiang and Qinghai.
Relying on online and offline platforms such as the "People's Court Lecture Hall", 4.84 million judges and others were trained.
Organize and carry out demonstration activities for the creation of "Maple Bridge People's Court".
The first batch of 106 relatively weak grassroots courts has been identified for targeted contact and assistance.
5. Consciously accept supervision and proactively perform duties to practice the whole process of people's democracy
Accept the supervision of the National People's Congress in accordance with the law.
The representatives paid great attention to strengthening the protection of minors, promptly promulgated judicial interpretations on criminal cases of sexual assault of minors, and severely punished illegal crimes that infringed on the physical and mental health of children and adolescents.
The representatives suggested strengthening the protection of the moral rights of private enterprises and entrepreneurs, issuing opinions, and legally sanctioning infringement and illegal acts that maliciously slander, disparage, and vilify private enterprises and entrepreneurs.
Report on the environmental resources trial work to the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress and accept special inquiries.
5,270 NPC deputies were invited to inspect courts, attend relevant meetings, and observe court hearings.
We carefully handled 335 deputies’ suggestions, 2,778 deputies’ deliberation opinions, and 286 daily suggestions.
Consciously accept democratic supervision.
Handled 153 CPPCC proposals and visited and received 318 CPPCC National Committee members.
Strengthen communication with democratic parties, federations of industry and commerce and non-party personages.
The Fifth Private Economic Rule of Law Construction Summit was held with the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce and others.
Accept legal supervision by the procuratorate in accordance with the law.
Courts across the country invited chief prosecutors to attend adjudicatory committee meetings 15,000 times.
11,000 protest cases were heard fairly, and 4,598 sentences were changed in accordance with the law.
Together with the Supreme People's Procuratorate, we issued opinions to standardize the handling of civil retrial procuratorial recommendations.
Widely accept social supervision.
Appointed 149 special supervisors in different industries and fields.
People's assessors were effectively guaranteed to perform their duties and participated in a total of 1.172 million cases.
We strengthened interaction with the public through the news media and held 28 press conferences.
The new development of the work of the People's Court in the new era and new journey lies in the leadership and helm of General Secretary Xi Jinping and the scientific guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era.
Work arrangements for 2024
First, adhere to proactive justice and closely adhere to the promotion of Chinese-style modernization to perform duties.
We will severely punish crimes endangering national security and public safety in accordance with the law, promote the normalization of crackdowns on gangs and evil, and severely crack down on and rectify crimes such as telecommunications network fraud and cross-border gambling.
Maintain a high-pressure stance in punishing corruption crimes.
Strictly protect intellectual property rights and promote their transformation and application, and serve the development of new productive forces in accordance with the law.
Strengthen personal information protection and improve digital rights protection rules.
Increase the intensity of hearing bankruptcy cases.
Deepen the compliance reform of enterprises involved in the case.
Strengthen trial and execution work in the field of "agriculture, rural areas and farmers".
Serve the construction of ecological civilization and green and low-carbon development in accordance with the law.
Use judicial adjudication to lead the rule of law and promote core socialist values.
Strengthen the protection of the legitimate rights and interests of women, children, the elderly, disabled people, etc.
Strengthen administrative trial work.
Give full play to the role of judicial advice and promote national and social governance.
Second, we must pay close attention to improving quality and efficiency, and accelerate the modernization of trial work.
Deepen the comprehensive supporting reform of the judicial system and formulate the "Sixth Five-Year Plan" reform outline for the people's courts.
Comprehensively and accurately implement the judicial accountability system, and further implement the "review" of the president of the court.
Improve the level-by-level selection system for judges.
Deepen the "three-in-one" reform of criminal, civil, and administrative trials in the areas of intellectual property, environmental resources, and minors.
Improve the foreign-related judicial trial system and mechanisms.
Comprehensively promote cross-implementation and improve good-faith and civilized execution.
Vigorously create a "Maple Bridge-style People's Court".
Strengthen the construction of relatively weak grassroots courts.
Promote the construction of "one network" of courts across the country and use digital courts to help improve quality and efficiency.
Third, improve the supervision system and strive to forge an iron army of courts capable of shouldering important responsibilities.
Consolidate and expand thematic education achievements.
Consciously accept the supervision of the National People's Congress and supervision from all aspects.
Strengthen the training and reserve of professional trial talents in foreign-related, intellectual property and other fields.
Integrate and implement trial management, government affairs management and team management.
We must unswervingly correct discipline and combat corruption, carry out centralized disciplinary education, promote special rectification of judicial style issues, severely punish judicial corruption, strengthen the construction of a clean culture in courts, and ensure fair and strict administration of justice with clean justice.