Revising China's Constitution is an important task for national legislators in this year's two sessions, but the fundamental law will also take on new prominence for the nation's leaders, as they will pledge allegiance to the Constitution.
BEIJING -- China's national legislature, scheduled to convene on March 5, will deliberate on a draft supervision law designed to lay a legal foundation for an upgraded anti-graft taskforce.
China's top lawmakers will continue to strengthen legislation on environmental protection to help win the fight against pollution, said Zhang Yesui, a spokesman for the first session of the 13th National People's Congress.
Chinese prosecution organs put 6,335 public interest litigation cases involving ecological protection on file from last July to January, the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) said in a press release.
A judicial interpretation on how prosecutors make lawsuits against poorly performing agencies or government departments was unveiled by China’s top procuratorate and the top court on March 2.
WUHAN -- Central China's Hubei province handed out criminal penalties to 202 individuals for illegal fishing and related activities in 2017, a record high for the province, local authorities said.
BEIJING -- While virtual reality (VR) technology may be most used at home or museums, it could also help lawyers and judges in the courtroom to get a better idea of how an alleged offence took place.
China's top court pledged on Feb 28 to increase efforts to tackle intellectual property rights infringements, after the central government unveiled guidelines on IPR protection.
With a steady rise in intellectual property cases involving foreign litigants during the past five years, China has improved the quality of such hearings by educating judicial officials, according to the nation's top court.
