Foreword

The rule of law is the basic way of governing a country and the judiciary is the significant cornerstone of the rule of law system. Judicial courts apply laws to adjudicate cases in accordance with their statutory powers and procedures and play such roles as settling disputes, protecting rights and constraining public powers, so as to ensure the effective implementation of laws and maintain social fairness and justice. The improvement of the judicial administration system and the regulation of the operation of judicial powers are conducive to giving full play of the judicial system in law-based governance of a country and in accelerating the modernization process of China’s governance system and governance capability.

Chinese courts always attach great importance to the judicial reform, as they have been unceasingly enhancing the judicial credibility and the course of justice through deepening the reforms of judicial system and work mechanism in order to build up a just, efficient and authoritative Socialist judicial system. Since 2013, under the backdrop of deepening overall reform and with the goal of letting the people feel fairness and justice in each judicial case, China has been proactively, prudently and practically advancing the judicial reform based on China’s national conditions and current trends, which has made preliminary achievements.