A new arena for fighting corruption in China
Anti-corruption measures are always big news during sessions of the National Peoples Congress, and now the courts are directly involved in promising more honest operations.China vows to clean up judiciary after conviction of supreme court vice president
China's Chief Justice Wang Shengjun said Thursday that courts will take actions on judicial corruption to prevent abuse of judicial power after a former vice president of the supreme court was jailed for life two months ago.
Wang Shengjun, President of the Supreme People's Court, delivers the supreme court's work report during the fourth plenary meeting of the Third Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC) held at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, March 11, 2010.The Supreme People's Court (SPC) will "strengthen capacity building and act as a model for local courts," Wang, SPC president, told nearly 3,000 lawmakers at the annual parliament session when delivering a work report…
Courts at all levels should "learn a lesson from the case of Huang Songyou" to find out rooted problems on the management of judges and supervision of power, he said.
The SPC has appointed discipline supervisors in its 14 departments and more than 27,700 supervisors are watching over nearly 3,000 courts nationwide, Wang said…
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