China's Chief Justice Calls for Court ReformThe top Chinese judicial official said on Sunday that the reform of the people's court has come to a crucial point and the reform work must be further promoted.Xiao Yang, chief justice of the Supreme People's Court, made this remark at a colloquium attending by high courts heads from across the country. He said that in the coming five years the reform of the people' s court will focus on such issues as the improvement of the surveillance system, the lawsuit evidence system and the case- hearing procedures. Xiao also stressed at the colloquium that President Jiang Zemin 's speech on July 1 should be regarded as a strong theoretical weapon for the reform of the country's court system. |
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