Deputies to the 10th National People's Congress deliberated over
the findings of the Work Report of the Supreme People's Court
(Supreme Court) delivered Tuesday by the Chief Justice, Xiao Yang.
Deputies formed a consensus that the past five years had been
successful in carrying out the work of the court, particularly in
the enforcement of its law and emphasis of its themes of "justice
and efficiency".
Wang Jinxiang is deputy secretary of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous
Regional Party Committee and assessed the Work Report of the
Supreme People's Court as objective and practical, saying that it
not only referred to its weaknesses but gave priority to "further
improving the level of law enforcement" and that it would "further
improve the quality of law enforcers". In recent years, he said,
Xinjiang had seen great advancements made in its economy and this
should be attributed to democratic and legal advancements as well
as a more favorable and stable political climate; all made possible
by the preferential policies of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of China and the State Council.
Sun Xiaoqun, deputy head of the Organization Department of the CPC
Central Committee made the comment that Xiao's report was easy to
understand while delivering very important information. He also
added that the court contributed to maintaining social stability in
the past five years and much progress had been made in team
building in that time. He pointed out that although there are
severe challenges ahead, the work of the court will enable them.
The report refers to the number of cases handled by the court and
reflects its achievements and also points to the large increase in
cases to be handled.
The court remains, he says, an ineffective law enforcer and
suggests the reasons are that there are no special laws on
compulsory implementation and that law enforcers are often poor at
it and also it is due to local protectionism. He went on to say
that enhancing proper education of the law and enforcing
counterfeit punishments, and strengthening control of law
enforcers, would go some way to establishing higher levels of
control. At the same time, he suggests, it would be an option to
increase the salaries of the public security organizations as well
as the staff of the procuratorial organizations, and of the
people's courts, while also making management stricter.
Xing Jun, vice chairman of Tianjin Municipal People's Congress said
that "justice and efficiency" are basic requirements in modern
judicial work and also the strong wish of ordinary people. The
Supreme People's Court has been set as the sole arbiter of the
administration of justice and value. Thus, "justice" and
"efficiency" are of great significance for the strict enforcement
of law, the fair administration of justice and maintaining the
legal rights of people, organizations and courts of law.
NPC deputy Raisa Alexandrovna, assistant judge of Tacheng
Intermediary People's Court of Xinjiang, thought the report not
only summarized the work of trial implementation and judicial
interpretation in the past five years but also gave sufficient
ideas and suggestions for court reform and team building. Practice
has shown that the work of the courts centers on "justice and
efficiency", she said. She proposed to accelerate the steps of
court reform, for example, to establish departments or agencies
according to judicial administrative areas. She also suggested
further promoting the professional team building of judges,
providing special training for trial judges and improving the jury
system so that expert jurors could be invited to a collegiate
branch.
Major general Guo Linqing, captain of Tianjin Armed Police Force,
suggested further detailing relevant judicial systems as he thought
the current laws attempt to apply too wide a range. For example,
some criminals could be sentenced to two or three years in prison
according to different laws.
(China.org.cn by Staff Reporter Yan Xinxia, translated by Li
Jinhui, March 15, 2003)