China Justice Observer

Sun, 22 Aug 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

Since 2016, China has been working on establishing judicial disciplinary committees for investigating the malpractice of judges.

Sun, 01 Aug 2021 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

Technically, Yes, but it's rare. To date, only dozens of lawyers have joined the bench in China.

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 Insights CJO Staff Contributors Team

A total of 185 representative offices of foreign law firms in China had passed the 2019 annual examination, according to statistics disclosed by the Ministry of Justice in November 2020.

Mon, 16 Nov 2020 China Law in One Minute CJO Staff Contributors Team

Yes, there there were more than 473,000 lawyers in China by the end of 2019.

Sun, 27 Sep 2020 China Legal Trends Guodong Du 杜国栋

By the end of 2019, there were more than 473 thousand practicing lawyers in China, an increase of 11.8% over 2018. This is the 6th consecutive year that the Chinese lawyer profession has maintained rapid growth.

Thu, 29 Nov 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

The judge quota system refers to the system for determining the number of judges in the court. In the judicial reform, the SPC attempts to rationally determine the number of judges in each court in a scientific way and then select the right candidate to serve as a judge.

Sat, 17 Nov 2018 Insights Liu Qiang 刘强

The protection of the personal rights of Chinese judges is one of the most concerned issues for them. From an investigation report made by Longyan Intermediate People's Court of Fujian Province, we can learn that the personal rights of Chinese judges are often violated. Now, the SPC is working hard to solve this problem.

Mon, 15 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

Improving the judicial accountability system, one of the most important measures in Chinese judicial reform, is supposed to hold judges accountable for life for cases they handle and to effectively discipline judges for misconduct. Prior to this, Chinese judges were never subject to such strict requirements.

Wed, 25 Jul 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌

In recent years, Chinese judges have become increasingly dissatisfied with their profession, and some have chosen to leave. Why？

Fri, 01 Jun 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋

The Ministry of Justice of China recently released a series of data on Chinese lawyers as of the end of 2017, including the number of lawyers, the number of lawsuits in which they acted as agents, and the number of clients they provided services for.