Remarkable progress made in raising lawyer coverage for criminal cases

China has made significant progress in raising the coverage of defense lawyers for criminal cases.

Woman overcomes deafness to pass bar exam

Tang Ting, 28, the apprentice of China's first sign language lawyer, Tang Shuai, made history recently when she became the first hearing-impaired person in China to pass the national bar exam. She will become a full-fledged lawyer after a year's probation.

Ministry of Justice moves to improve review and filing of regulations, rules

The Ministry of Justice reviewed and filed a total of 2,046 regulations and administrative rules from government agencies around the country in 2020.

8th batch of model villages, communities unveiled for promoting rule of law

The Ministry of Justice and Ministry of Civil Affairs recently nominated the eighth batch of 1,045 national demonstration villages and communities for promoting democracy and governance by the rule of law.

1.4 mln legal aid cases settled in China in 2020

China's legal aid agencies resolved nearly 1.4 million cases in 2020, benefiting more than 2.16 million people in need, the Ministry of Justice has said.

Shandong advances public legal services for poverty-stricken people

The provincial regulation on public legal services, which took effect on Jan 1 of this year in East China's Shandong province, mark the latest effort by the province to promote the rule of law.

Senior CPC official stresses high-quality political, legal work

A senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) has stressed advancing high-quality development of political and legal work.

China strengthens penalties for false-litigation crimes

China’s first personal bankruptcy authority established in Shenzhen

China's first authority in charge of personal bankruptcy affairs was established in Shenzhen

Foundation of rule of law lies in primary level: Xi

President Xi Jinping said Sunday that to comprehensively promote China's rule of law and advance the modernization of the country's system and capacity of governance, the foundation of the work lies in the primary level.

Chinese lawyers get online access to case files

China's procuratorates on Tuesday initiated a pilot program that enables lawyers to consult case files on the Internet, instead of going to procuratorates in person, said the SPP

13.6 million disputes mediated online

A total of 13.6 million disputes have been handled on China's online mediation platform since it was established in February 2018, with a resolution rate of 65 percent, the Supreme People's Court said.