Publicity campaign launched for role models of justice for the people in a new era

The publicity campaign for role models of justice for the people in a new era was officially launched by the Ministry of Justice and several media organizations including People's Daily and China Media Group on Nov 15, 2018.

The launch ceremony for role models of justice for the people in a new era is held on Nov 15, 2018. [Photo/moj.gov.cn]

Addressing the launch ceremony, Vice-Minister of Justice Xiong Xuanguo said that the restructured Ministry of Justice is assigned important duties in processes including legislation, law enforcement, administration of justice and legal publicity to encourage obedience to the law. It plays a critical role in promoting law-based governance and building the rule of law in China. 

Vice-Minister of Justice Xiong Xuanguo addresses the ceremony. [Photo/moj.gov.cn]

He said that the publicity campaign is a crucial step in telling good stories about the rule of law and disseminating its voice. He urged all provincial-level judicial administrative authorities to attach great importance to the campaign, and to bring forward the role models with vivid and touching stories.

Lv Yansong, deputy-editor in chief of People's Daily, said in his address that People's Daily has always highly regarded the publicity of rule of law and gained positive social effect in its effort to publicize the progress China has made in promoting overall law-based governance.

Lv Yansong, deputy-editor in chief of People's Daily, delivers a speech at the ceremony. [Photo/moj.gov.cn]

He thanked the Ministry of Justice for exclusively granting the right to broadcast the campaign online to people.cn, the online arm of People's Daily.

Yuan Zhengming, vice-president of China Media Group, vowed in his speech to turn the campaign into a flagship movement for judicial publicity by making it more vivid, stereoscopic, down-to-earth and ceremonial, with the role models hopefully becoming household names.

Yuan Zhengming, vice-president of China Media Group, gives a speech at the ceremony. [Photo/moj.gov.cn]

It was disclosed at the launch ceremony that the campaign will last an entire year from November 2018 to October 2019, and eventually produce 200 roles models in 15 categories that virtually cover all aspects of the judicial administrative work.