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The flood of cases has become a challenge for many courts where the number of judges are limited, Deng said.

"The rapid increase in the number of cases adds pressure on the decreasing number of judges, some of whom left courts because of low incomes and because they had grown pessimistic," he said.

The easier court access is also used by some attorneys to swindle money out of people whose cases cannot be filed and that makes the registration disordered," he said.

He conceded many complicated cases still need to be reviewed before they are accepted.

"Even though the registration may look great, solving the problem of filing a case thoroughly and totally rooting out interference by local administrations in legal procedures still have some way to go," he added.

To improve efficiency, Jinshui District People's Court, in Henan province, has added another four windows to receive the registrations and asked six more officers to help its department to file cases.

Li Junyang, chief judge responsible for filing cases in Gaoxin District People's Court, in Henan province, said all staff members in his department have to go to work half an hour earlier since it received 2,003 cases in May.

"For sensitive cases we are exploring a new system to register them quickly, but now there is no quick way to file them," Li said.

Cao Weiping, deputy president of Henan Provincial High People's Court, said administrative cases in the province have requested to be heard in a different jurisdiction to avoid local government interference, which means an administrative dispute in Jinshui district will be handled by the court in Gaoxin.

"The move could be extended across the country, but due to unbalanced legal resources and different abilities in hearing a case, it may need more time to fulfill," Deng said.