The Environmental Damage Judicial Authentication Research Base of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) was founded in Tianjin University on Nov 12.

Shu Gequn (R), vice president of Tianjin University, and Jiang Bixin (L), vice president of the Supreme People’s Court, unveil the research base on Nov 12. [Photo/news.tju.edu.cn]

Shu Gequn, vice president of Tianjin University and Jiang Bixin, vice president of the SPC jointly unveiled the research base.

A Cooperative Framework Agreement between Tianjin University and the Environment and Resources Division of the SPC was also signed.

The opening of the base enables research on judicial theories on the environment and natural resources through cooperation between the Environment and Resources Division of the SPC and universities, according to Jiang.

The research base is part of the pursuit of ecological civilization, and is one of the efforts to build a beautiful China, he added, noting that it is urgent for the SPC to solve the problems in environmental damage cases.

Professor Sun Youhai (R) receives the certificate of appointment as director of the Environmental Damage Judicial Authentication Research Base. [Photo/news.tju.edu.cn]

At the launching ceremony, Professor Sun Youhai was appointed as director of the base, and some 20 experts and scholars in relevant fields were employed as researchers.