History of the Chinese Judicial System

Author: Zhang Jinfan
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: During the New Democratic Revolution period, the liberated areas established judicial organs that reflected the interests and demands of the people, implementing a trial system that relied on the masses, emphasized evidence, and strictly prohibited coerced confessions, accumulating rich experience. After the founding of New China, the judicial system underwent a tortuous process before finally embarking on a healthy development path. In the past two decades, the construction of the judicial system has been continuously improved, and significant achievements have been made in judicial work. Especially with the proposal of the strategy of governing the country according to law, new requirements have been put forward to judicial organs, emphasizing that judicial organs must independently exercise procuratorial and judicial power in accordance with the law; establish and improve a more scientific, fairer, and more modern legal system; and build a team of judicial officials who are proficient in law, loyal to the law, and dedicated to integrity, thereby enabling judicial organs to play their due role in building a socialist rule-of-law state.