Over the first half of this year, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) has stepped up efforts to strengthen international exchanges and cooperation and promote international judicial assistance, contributing to the building of a community with a shared future for humanity and the reform and development of the global governance system. 

Reciprocal visits by high-level officials and participation in international conferences and seminars were high on the SPC's agenda as it sought to promote international exchanges and partnership in the judicial field. 

In May, the SPC sent a delegation to the 19th Meeting of Chief Justices of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States, bringing with them China's proposals on dealing with new circumstances in the judicial field. In June, an SPC delegation attended the BRICS Chief Justices Forum in Sochi, Russia, beginning a new chapter in judicial cooperation among BRICS countries. 

Adhering to the principles of broad consultation and joint contribution for shared benefits, the SPC has been working hand-in-hand with its counterparts in other countries for common development. 

In May, the SPC co-hosted the International Judicial Symposium on Intellectual Property with the World Intellectual Property Organization in Hangzhou, East China's Zhejiang province. Judges, judicial officers, scholars and diplomats from countries including Singapore, the United Kingdom, the Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand and the United States, as well as representatives from the Unified Patent Court of the European Union, participated in the meeting and discussed frontier topics in the intellectual property field such as big data, artificial intelligence, trade secrets and specialized courts. 

Over the past six months, the SPC has participated in the formulation of international rules, sending representatives to negotiations on jurisdiction rights under the Hague Conference on Private International Law, the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime, and discussions on trade rules under the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law, contributing China’s judicial expertise to the reform and development of the global governance system. 

Actively fulfilling obligations under international conventions such as the United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime and the United Nations Convention against Corruption, the SPC has collaborated with other countries to combat relevant crimes, safeguarding world peace and development. 

By June 28, the SPC had handled over 2,000 international judicial assistance cases, ensuring the sovereignty of Chinese judiciary and protecting the legitimate rights and interests of both Chinese and foreign parties. 

Building a strong network of international judicial assistance, the SPC has engaged in negotiations on bilateral judicial assistance treaties with countries such as Serbia, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan, and has been working to facilitate the domestic ratification of various treaties. 

Over the past six months, it has continued to deepen cooperation with various organizations, including the World Intellectual Property Organization, the International Association of Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions, the United Nations Children's Fund and the United Nations Environment Programme, promoting the development of a more just and reasonable global governance system. 

Bilateral judicial cooperation has been enhanced over the past six months. Justices from the SPC have visited judicial authorities in countries such as Uzbekistan, Russia, Cuba, Brazil, France, Indonesia, Nepal, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates to strengthen friendships and discuss future collaboration. 

Chief justices, presidents of Supreme Courts and judges from Kazakhstan, Peru, Singapore, Nepal and Brazil, as well as a joint delegation of judges from nine countries and regions including Kenya, Somalia and Zambia, have also visited China. 

Through exchanges and mutual learning, the SPC has built consensus with the judicial authorities of other countries on the rule of law. 

In the past six months, the National Judges College has organized four training sessions for foreign judges, with over 90 judicial officers from Laos, Mongolia, the ROK and Benin participating, either in person in China or online. The college has also actively collaborated with judicial training institutions from other countries, delivering online lectures for the Abu Dhabi Judicial Academy and participating in online seminars hosted by the Rio de Janeiro State Judicial College in Brazil. 

By detailing typical cases and judicial interpretations, the SPC has showcased China's legal system to the world and will strive for more exchanges and cooperation with its counterparts in other countries.