The expansion of the China (Shanghai) Free Trade Zone has brought growing demand for judicial protection, in which civil and commercial cases involving intellectual property are commonly seen, according to a white paper issued on Oct 28.
Beijing prosecutors are implementing a new system to preserve physical evidence involved in criminal cases that will keep items safe and make them easier to retrieve from storage.
Chinese prosecutors have launched a campaign targeting convicts with money or power that are seeking commutation, parole or non-prison sentences illegally.
A long-awaited draft law to improve China's charitable organizations and the industry was submitted to the nation's top legislative body for the first discussion on Friday.
Senior judges who once focused on administrative affairs have been returning to the courtroom to handle lawsuits, a move aimed at improving the quality of decision making and enforcing judicial reform, an official of the Beijing High People's Court said today.
Editor's Note: This is the fourth in a series of special reports to mark achievements in various sectors during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15). The fifth plenary session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China concludes on Thursday. Discussion of the 13th Five-Year Plan (2016-20) is high on the agenda of the meeting.
Aug 18, 2011, should have been Ren Jianyu's first rung on the ladder to success as a government official. Instead, just hours after being formally recruited as a civil servant, the then-25-year-old Chongqing native was arrested on charges of attempting to overthrow the State.
