China publishes its first white paper on judicial reform

China publishes its first white paper on judicial reform The judicial system is an important part of the political system, and judicial fairness is an important guarantee for social justice. The State Council Information Office...

China publishes its first white paper on judicial reform. The judicial system is an important part of the political system, and judicial fairness is an important guarantee for social justice. The State Council Information Office published a white paper on "China's Judicial Reform" on the 9th. This is the first time that China has issued a white paper on judicial reform. This white paper of approximately 18,000 words provides the first comprehensive and systematic introduction to the basic situation and major achievements of China's judicial reform at home and abroad. It demonstrates China's attitude and determination to promote the basic strategy of governing the country according to law, and enhances domestic and foreign understanding, recognition and support for China's judicial reform and rule of law construction. The white paper is divided into preface, judicial system and reform process, maintaining social fairness and justice, strengthening human rights protection, improving judicial capabilities, practicing justice for the people, and conclusion. The white paper points out that since the founding of the People's Republic of China, especially since the reform and opening up, China has persisted in proceeding from its national conditions, inherited the outstanding achievements of traditional Chinese legal culture, and learned from human rule of law civilization, explored the establishment and continuously improved the socialist judicial system with Chinese characteristics, safeguarded social justice, and made important contributions to human rule of law civilization. The white paper points out that since the reform and opening up, China's economy and society have developed rapidly, the public's awareness of the rule of law has increased significantly, and the judicial environment has undergone profound changes. Judicial work has encountered many new situations and new problems. The imperfections and inadaptations in the current judicial system and working mechanisms have become increasingly prominent, and they need to be gradually improved and developed during the reform. In recent years, China has actively, steadily and pragmatically promoted the reform of the judicial system and working mechanisms, with the goal of maintaining judicial fairness, focusing on optimizing the allocation of judicial powers, strengthening human rights protection, improving judicial capabilities, and practicing justice for the people. It has further improved the socialist judicial system with Chinese characteristics, expanded judicial democracy, promoted judicial openness, and ensured judicial fairness, which has provided a strong judicial guarantee for China's economic development and social harmony and stability. The white paper emphasizes that the fundamental goal of China's judicial reform is to ensure that the people's courts and people's procuratorates can independently and impartially exercise judicial and procuratorial powers in accordance with the law, build a fair, efficient and authoritative socialist judicial system, and provide a strong and reliable judicial guarantee for safeguarding the legitimate rights and interests of the people, safeguarding social fairness and justice, and safeguarding the long-term stability of the country. The white paper emphasizes that China's judicial reform always insists on proceeding from the national conditions, drawing on the strengths of others without copying them, and advancing with the times without blindly advancing. It adheres to the mass line, fully embodies the will of the people, focuses on solving problems that the people are dissatisfied with, consciously accepts the supervision and testing of the people, and truly makes the reform for the people, relies on the people, and benefits the people. It insists on advancing in accordance with the law, based on the Constitution and legal provisions, and everything that is in line with the current situation. If there is a conflict between laws, they should be implemented after the laws are revised; overall coordination, overall planning, step-by-step, and step-by-step advancement should be adhered to. The white paper emphasizes that judicial reform is an important part of China's political system reform and the self-improvement and development of the socialist judicial system with Chinese characteristics. It is a long-term and arduous task that will gradually deepen with economic and social development. It is understood that the Chinese version of the white paper has been published by the People's Publishing House, and the English version has been published by the Foreign Languages ​​Publishing House and will be distributed in Xinhua Bookstores nationwide from now on.