• Court to protect Yellow River established in Shanxi

    2021-09-28

    The Yellow River Wanjiazhai Reservoir Area Ecological Protection Circuit Court was established on Sept 18 in the Wanjiazhai Reservoir Area, administered by Xinzhou city in North China's Shanxi province.

  • Courts find thousands not guilty

    2021-09-25

    A total of 8,491 criminal defendants across China were declared not guilty between 2013 and the end of June this year because evidence in their cases was not sufficient to convict them.

  • Rare animal product smuggling a challenge for Beijing court

    2021-09-23

    More than 40 percent of the smuggling cases heard by a Beijing court in the past few years involved products made from precious animals, it said on Thursday.

  • China to reinforce people's tribunals' role in primary-level governance

    2021-09-16

    China has rolled out measures to boost the role of people's tribunals, the lowest level of courts in China, in primary-level social governance, according to a guideline issued by the country's top court.

  • Guideline to help litigants prepare evidence for use in court hearings

    2021-09-14

    A new guideline designed to help litigants who are unsure how to verify the severity of their injuries or the authenticity of documents during litigation was issued by the Beijing Municipal Justice Bureau and the Beijing High People's Court last week.

  • Courts protecting seed industry

    2021-09-09

    Chinese courts have given stronger intellectual property rights protection to the seed industry in recent years, especially for new varieties of plants, to ensure food safety and promote the industry's development, an official from China's top court said.