Highlights of work report on China´s Supreme People´s Court

Source: Xinhua | 03-10-2009 15:41

BEIJING, March 10 (Xinhua) -- China's top judge and president of the Supreme People's Court, Wang Shengjun, is delivering a report on the work of the Supreme People's Court Tuesday afternoon at the Second Session of the 11th National People's Congress (NPC).

Following are the highlights of Wang's report, the text of which was distributed to the media before the opening of the third plenary meeting of the annual parliamentary session:

TRIAL IN 2008

-- The Supreme People's Court dealt with 10,553 cases of various types and concluded 7,725 cases, an increase of 29.53 percent and 24.2 percent, respectively, year-on-year. Chinese courts handled 10.71 million cases of various types, up 10.91 percent.

-- Chinese courts concluded 768,130 criminal cases. A total of 159,020 criminals were sentenced to death, life imprisonment, or more than five years in prison, accounting for 15.79 percent of all criminals having been sentenced.

-- Chinese courts concluded 286,221 labor dispute cases, up 93.93 percent; concluded 576,013 cases involving medical service, housing, and protection on consumer's rights, up 45.08 percent.