71.7 PERCENT

Jurors took part in 71.7 percent of first trials of court cases in China in the first seven months of this year, Zhou Qiang, president of the Supreme People's Court, said on Tuesday. The ratio last year was 62.9 percent, a notable increase from 19.7 percent in 2006, Zhou said, when delivering a report on the country's juror system at the ongoing bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature.