The head of China’s top court emphasized the need to create a sound financial legal environment and provide judicial services and guarantees of economic and social development during his visit to the Shanghai Financial Court on Sept 17.

Zhou Qiang visited various departments of the court including its litigation service center, trial court, and information center. He learned about the work conditions of judges and parties involved in litigation and held a forum to listen to their work reports.

Zhou emphasized that it’s necessary to grasp the central government’s analysis and decision-making over the current financial work conditions and make efforts to promote growth of the real economy, prevent and dissolve financial risks, serve and guarantee financial reform and protect the legal rights and interests of financial consumers, investors and financial institutions.

He also pointed out the need to increase big data analysis and information sharing and provide elaborate analysis and suggestions to effectively prevent financial risks.

To build the Shanghai Financial Court into a world-leading special financial court, it’s necessary to make use of the court’s professional strengths and improve trial quality and efficiency and increase the credibility, and influence of financial rule of law.

He also mentioned the importance of improving multiple dispute resolution systems, establishing an international financial dispute resolution platform with mediation, arbitration and litigation functions and providing more qualified, efficient and convenient judicial services.