Supreme Court opens door to online users
- By Li Huiru
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As the Internet has grown by orders of magnitude, the opinion of its users is of ever-increasing value.
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China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) opened its doors to more than 50 Internet users and reporters from over 20 news organizations on Dec. 4. [By Li Huiru/China.org.cn] |
The Supreme People's Court (SPC) is paying special attention to online voices by organizing the "Supreme Court Open Day for Internet users" on Dec. 4, China's annual Rule of Law Promotion Day, to promote the judiciary's openness.
This year over 50 internet users, selected randomly by 18 media organizations, paid a visit to the guarded compound near Tiananmen Square.
"We haven't set any terms for visitors' registration or enrollment," He Nenggao, director of the Information Office of the SPC, told China.org.cn reporter. "Those online users coming in today have all been chosen by the media."
During the half-day-long event, online users visited the Chinese Court Museum, watched two micro-films, and had a meeting with two judge representatives.
China.org.cn selected two representatives from its readers, one a university student nicknamed U235; the other is an IT programmer nicknamed Alan, to attend the event.
U235 is a biology majoring postgraduate currently in her second year at the Beijing Institute of Technology. She plans to study law-related subjects after graduation and therefore was particularly eager to participate in the Dec. 4 event.
"I was surfing on the China.org.cn forum the other day, when suddenly this advertisement calling for participants caught my eye," she recalled. "It's a really cool idea! I will make good use of this opportunity to see how the nation's highest judicial organ works."
Kucaihua10 is the oldest internet user attending this year's Open Day event and has currently been retired for ten years. Prior to her retirement, she was a judge in Hubei Province. She carried a SLR camera and took a lot of photos while visiting the Court Museum.
"I have many friends on the internet," she said. "I will post the photos on my blog and share my excitement with my fellow bloggers. Though I was a judge before retirement, I never had the chance to visit the actual SPC. It has always been one of my dreams to come here and today that dream has come true."
"With the enforcement and amendment of the Criminal Procedure Law, the idea of rule by law has gradually become a deep-rooted one. Additionally, the legal system has been further improved. In the early days of my career, when there were no laws, the trials were exercised based on the documentation from the central government. The idea of rule by law has ensured that justices cannot bend the law indiscriminately."
Dec. 4 of this year marked the 30th anniversary of the implementation of China's 1982 Constitution.
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