Time: 10:00 AM,?October 8, 2012 (Tuesday)

Department: Information Office of the State Council

The Chinese government held a press conference on the release of?the country's first?white paper on judicial reform in Beijing.

News:

? China mulls labor reeducation system reform 
? China to prevent wrongful prosecution, sentences 
??China strictly controls death penalty 
? China establishes state compensation system 
? China establishes case guidance system?
• Laws improved to ban exacting of evidence through torture?
? China's grassroots judicial organs strengthened
? Inmates working in prison should be paid?
? Lawyers' rights guaranteed in China's judicial reform 
? White paper enumerates China's judicial reform goals 
? More Chinese get free legal assistance?
? China reports drop in litigation costs 
? China improves systems of jurors, supervisors 
? China issues white paper on judicial reform 
• Full text: Judicial Reform in China

Photos from the press conference:

The white paper on judicial reform in China. [Photo: China.org.cn]

Jiang?Wei,?head of the Office of the Central Leading Group for Judicial Reform, answers questions during a press conference in Beijing to release China's first white paper on judicial reform. [Photo: China.org.cn]