[Explanation] On July 20, the 3rd China-ASEAN Justice Forum was held in Nanning, Guangxi. In-depth discussion on the theme of "Building a High-level Judicial Cooperation Platform on the Century Maritime Silk Road".
[Explanation] Zhou Qiang, Chief Justice of China and President of the Supreme People's Court, said in his speech at the opening ceremony that over the years, courts of China and ASEAN countries have maintained friendly exchanges and cooperation, and conducted in-depth high-level visits, information exchanges, and judge training. , judicial assistance and other forms of judicial exchanges and cooperation.
[Explanation] For future development, Zhou Qiang put forward three proposals:
[Concurrent] Zhou Qiang, Chief Justice of China and President of the Supreme People's Court
The first is to continuously build a solid foundation for judicial cooperation.
China and ASEAN are connected by mountains and rivers, and have a long history of friendly relations.
Judicial organs of various countries have worked hand in hand, supported each other, and cooperated with each other in a friendly manner, and achieved remarkable results.
It is hoped that all the delegates can have candid exchanges, in-depth consultations, enlighten wisdom, and share experiences on various topics of the forum, strive to reach more consensus, form more cooperation results, and promote China-ASEAN judicial exchanges and cooperation to continuously achieve new breakthroughs.
The second is to expand the results of judicial cooperation.
At present, with the in-depth development of world multi-polarization, economic globalization, social informatization and cultural diversification, and strengthening cooperation in the fields of cross-border crime governance and judicial protection of intellectual property rights, these are common and urgent issues we face.
It is hoped that everyone will work together to improve the international judicial assistance mechanism in the region, create a market-oriented and legalized international business environment, expand digital judicial cooperation, promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation, and actively serve the construction of a high-level China-ASEAN Free Trade Area.
The third is to improve the judicial cooperation mechanism.
Taking this forum as a new starting point, we will strengthen exchanges in judicial reform, smart courts, judicial protection of intellectual property rights, and international commercial dispute resolution mechanisms through various forms such as seminars and exchanges, personnel training, etc., and continue to expand the breadth of judicial cooperation. and depth, and actively serve to build a community with a shared future for mankind.
[Explanation] The aforementioned initiative was supported and responded by representatives of ASEAN countries.
During this forum, the representatives of the participating parties also conducted discussions and exchanges on topics such as "speeding up the integration of RCEP's new economic and trade rules", "strengthening intellectual property cooperation" and "promoting cross-border online litigation".
Reporter Zhang Guangquan reported from Nanning
Responsible editor: [Luo Pan]