Zhang Jun, chief justice and president of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China, met with a delegation headed by Chief Justice of Mauritius Rehana Mungly-Gulbul in Beijing on Aug 26.

Zhang Jun, chief justice and president of the Supreme People's Court of China, meets with a delegation headed by Chief Justice of Mauritius Rehana Mungly-Gulbul in Beijing on Aug 26. [Photo/court.gov.cn]

Zhang welcomed the group on their visit. Affirming the long-term friendship between China and Mauritius, Zhang said China was one of the first countries to establish diplomatic ties with Mauritius. The two countries have strengthened political mutual trust over the years and have seen bilateral relations develop steadily and cooperation outcomes yielded in various fields, he added.

Noting that the 2024 Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation will be held shortly in Beijing, he expressed confidence that the bilateral relations will rise to a higher level after the forum. He also said that this visit will help further deepen judicial communication and cooperation between the two countries, and propel further development of bilateral relations.

Zhang gave a brief introduction to the work of Chinese courts during the meeting, focusing on information-based development of court work, a topic of considerable interest to the Mauritian side. According to him, China has achieved substantial progress in various aspects of court work over the past 40 years of reform and opening-up. In the new era, Chinese courts are continuously enhancing judges' quality and capabilities as well as efficiency in case adjudication through judicial management in accordance with legal principles, striving to support and serve Chinese modernization with modernized judicial work, he said. He also expressed his hope for mutual learning and joint implementation of the major consensus reached between the two heads of state, as well as more pragmatic cooperation in judicial reform and judge training in a bid to benefit the people of both countries.

Mungly-Gulbul spoke highly of the achievements made by Chinese courts in digital development and said that this candid, friendly, pragmatic and efficient meeting  has deepened mutual understanding, built consensus, enhanced friendship and charted the direction for future cooperation between the two sides. She said she hoped that there would be further communication and cooperation between judicial organs of the two countries so that more impetus will be injected into the development of bilateral relations.

The delegation also visited the digital court laboratory at the SPC headquarters.