The head of China's top court reiterated the goal to "break the judgment enforcement bottleneck in the next two to three years" and protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people at a symposium on Feb 13 in Beijing.

Zhou Qiang, chief justice and president of the Supreme People's Court calls for better judgment enforcement at a symposium on Feb 13 in Beijing. [Photo by Sun Ruofeng/People's Court Daily]

Zhou Qiang, chief justice and president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC), made the remarks when meeting with Ma Wen, chairwoman of the Committee for Internal and Judicial Affairs under the National People's Congress, who is currently on an inspection tour to the SPC.

He also called for achieving the goal of "letting people experience justice and fairness in every judicial case."

Zhou said the judiciary plans to break the bottleneck in the years to come through greater reform and innovation in judgment enforcement mechanisms, better use of information technology in supervising enforcement and increased punishment of those who fail to honor their legal obligations.

He also emphasized the importance of the socialist judicial system with Chinese characteristics.

At the symposium, Ma spoke highly of the achievements made by the SPC and offered many constructive suggestions and ideas, including informization of the court, improvement of the judicial talent pool, and the assessment of the third party.

Since 2016, courts around China have continued to improve through the use of information technology in supervising enforcement and have put forward various kinds of punishment for those who fail to honor their legal obligations.