The Shanghai Financial Court is crucial for China’s finance environment, said deputies to the National People’s Congress (NPC) from the Macao Special Administration Region (SAR) on May 10.

Eleven NPC deputies from the Macao SAR visited the Shanghai Financial Court on that day. They visited the litigation services center, trial courts and library. They heard a report on the court’s work and its building of a big data platform since its establishment on Aug 20, 2018.

The court plays an important role in maintaining financial market order, guaranteeing a benign development of economy and finance and creating a sound financial rule of law environment, according to the NPC deputies from the Macao SAR.

Liu Yiliang, one of the NPC deputies and vice-president of the All-China Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, canvassed with judges of the court some of the enforcement difficulties that may exist in the financial court, among other issues.

Zhang Rongshun, vice-director of the Liaison Office of the Central People's Government in the Macao SPR, asked the courts questions on simultaneous interpreting and improving the laws that apply to financial cases.

The inspection team also included officials of the Supreme People’s Court and the vice-president of the Shanghai High People’s Court.