The Supreme People's Court (SPC, 最高人民法院) is China's Supreme Court .
As of Jun. 2017, the SPC has 367 judges.
The SPC’s main spheres of competence are to try cases and to issue judicial interpretations and cases, as follows:
1. The SPC handles the following cases:
(1) first-instance cases that are under the jurisdiction of the SPC or that it deems to be under its jurisdiction;
(2) cases of appeals or protests lodged against judgments and orders rendered by the high people's courts;
(3) cases of appeals or protests lodged pursuant to provisions of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress;
(4) the retrial cases initiated in accordance with the adjudication supervision procedure;
(5) the death penalty cases submitted by the high people's courts for approval.
2. The SPC may give interpretations with respect to the issues concerning the law application in the judicial work and may issue guiding cases.
Fri, 29 Mar 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China makes a number of responses to guide local courts in making decisions for the recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in specific cases. Are these responses binding on for a court when deciding subsequent cases?
Sat, 19 Jan 2019 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Chinese courts hope to achieve the system of “similar judgments for similar cases” through AI technology, in order to ensure the effective supervision of trial activities.
Sat, 29 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
Why should Chinese courts try to resolve the enforcement predicament of civil judgments in two to three years (i.e., 2016-2018)? Justice Zhou Qiang (周强), president of China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC), explained this in a report on 24 October 2018, and introduced what the Chinese courts did for this.
Tue, 18 Dec 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋
China-US trade war may bankrupt many Chinese companies, and Chinese courts should get prepared as soon as possible.
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.
Sun, 04 Nov 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
Chinese E-Justice(informationization of the court, 法院信息化)has become the two most important tasks of Chinese courts besides the judicial reform.
Mon, 29 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China has implemented many reform measures in the third-round judicial reform, which deeply affects the current operating mechanisms of Chinese courts. Therefore, if you want to know how Chinese courts work, you must understand what the SPC did in the third-round judicial reform.
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, 10 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
The Shanghai Financial Court, the first court in China dedicated to hearing finance-related civil and administrative cases, was established on 20 August 2018.
Fri, 05 Oct 2018 Insights Guodong Du 杜国栋 , Meng Yu 余萌
China’s Supreme People’s Court (SPC) tries to empower judges to exercise adjudicative power independently while taking more measures to supervise the trial work.