The specific data is as follows.
Courts at all levels nationwide accepted 25.789 million cases, up 9.12% year on year; 23.509 million cases were concluded, up 6.67% year on year.
Among them, concluded criminal cases amounted to 1.234 million, a year-on-year increase of 11.28%; concluded civil and commercial cases reached 14.196 million, a year-on-year increase of 6.08%; concluded administrative cases numbered 487,000, a year-on-year decrease of 3.81%.
With the rapid development of express and food delivery and other delivery activities using motorcycles as the primary means of transportation, disputes related to non-motor vehicle traffic accidents have increased significantly. For instance, courts nationwide have accepted 41,000 new non-motor vehicle traffic accident liability disputes of the first instance, a year-on-year increase of 35.15%.
Courts nationwide concluded 24,000 foreign-related, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan-related commercial cases at first instance, a year-on-year increase of 15.87%. Among them, the number of foreign-related cases increased by 42.49% year-on-year, indicating a gradual increase in international commercial disputes as foreign trade gradually recovers after the pandemic.
The number of first-instance intellectual property cases received by the courts nationwide was 371,000, an increase of 1.61%. Among them, patent contract disputes and patent ownership and infringement disputes saw significant increases of 42% and 27% compared to last year. Additionally, new cases involving infringement of computer software copyright reached 6,725, a year-on-year increase of 260%, while new cases involving infringement of utility model patent rights reached 6,438, a year-on-year increase of 31.6%.
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Contributors: CJO Staff Contributors Team
