In December 2021, China’s Supreme People’s Court promulgated the “Provisions on Judicial Disciplinary Rules (For Trial Implementation)”, which specifies for the first time the judicial disciplinary procedure.
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.