The third batch of 14 areas to pilot a reform on China’s judicial system, including Beijing and its neighbor Hebei province, have made their reform proposals, according to the Office of the Central Leading Group for Judicial Reform (OCLGJR).

A training session for the newly picked pilot areas was jointly held by the OCLGJR, the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) and the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) in Beijing on Dec 1-2.

The key points of the new round of judicial reform, which are the fundamental and crucial to deepening the reform, focus on improving the categorized management of judicial personnel and the judicial accountability system, boosting career security of judicial personnel and integrating management of personnel, finance and property of the people's courts and procuratorates below the provincial level.

Jiang Wei, deputy director of the OCLGJR, gave a lecture at the meeting. He explained major policies and tasks concerning judicial reform.

Jiang called on all pilot areas to understand the policies, goals and tasks of the reform and explained them accurately to grassroots law enforcers. A detailed implementation plan, as well as research, is needed, and the reform should involve more participants, Jiang said. He added that the pilot areas should also take local situations into account and explore innovative ways to solve problems they meet while implementing the central government’s requirements.

Jiang stressed that all departments must take their responsibilities and enhance coordination in order to push ahead with the reform. Efforts should also be made to to create a favorable atmosphere for carrying out the reform, he added.

More than 340 judicial officials from the 14 new pilot areas attended the training program. SPC Vice-President Li Shaoping and Wang Shaofeng, director of SPP’s political department also gave lectures at the session. Some local judges and procurators shared their experience and the trainees also watched a feature film themed on Shanghai’s judicial reform.

The first seven pilot areas, including the eastern metropolis of Shanghai and the southern economic powerhouse of Guangdong province, kicked off the judicial reform in June 2014. A year later, another 11 provinces and cities followed.