White paper: China pools people's wisdom, reflects
people's will in legislative process
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- In China, bills of laws,
regulations and rules concerning vital public interests or dictating the
obligations of citizens are published in full in the news media to ask for
comments from the people, says a white paper published on Thursday by the
Information Office of the State Council.
The paper, entitled China's Efforts and Achievements in
Promoting the Rule of Law, says after being adopted, the laws and regulations
are published in a timely way in gazettes of the people's congresses and
governments at all levels, government websites and the mass media. Full story
White paper: standard steps for becoming lawyers in
China
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China has enacted the Lawyers
Law and established attorney system and judicial examination system, says a
white paper published by the Information Office of China's State Council on
Thursday.
"Anyone who applies to become a professional practitioner
must pass the state standard judicial examination first", says the paper,
entitled China's Efforts and Achievements in Promoting the Rule of Law. Full story
White paper: exam helps build up
professional legal team in China
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China has adopted a standard
judicial examination system for those who want to become judges, prosecutors and
lawyers, says a white paper published by the Information Office of China's State
Council on Thursday.
"The best of the examinees who pass the state judicial
examination are employed as junior judges and prosecutors," says the paper. Full story
White paper: China's legal aid helps
three million people in 2006
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Cases handled with legal aid
totaled 318,514 and 3,193,801 people received law consultancy across China in
2006, up 25.6 percent and 19.9 percent respectively, a white paper issued by the
Information Office of the State Council said on Thursday.
The white paper, the first of its kind, said
financially-straitened citizens can apply for legal aid in civil cases when they
demand state compensation, social security or minimum subsistence allowance,
pension, relief, alimony, maintenance, child support and labor payment. Full story
White paper: China's domestic
legislation strengthens judicial co-op
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China turns international
judicial cooperation into concrete rules via the domestic legislation, said a
white paper issued by the Information Office of China's State Council on
Thursday.
The paper said China's Civil Procedure Law rules that when
there is discrepancy between domestic laws and international treaties joined by
China, the people's court gives priority to international treaties in
foreign-related civil law cases. Full story
White paper: China establishes legal systems for resource
conservation, environmental protection
BEIJING, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- China has established legal
systems consisting of nine laws concerning environmental protection and 17 laws
on resource conservation and protection, the country's two basic state policies,
says a white paper published on Thursday by the Information Office of the State
Council.
The white paper, entitled China's Efforts and Achievements
in Promoting the Rule of Law, says that the state has also promulgated over 50
administrative regulations, more than 660 local regulations as well as
government rules, and over 800 national standards related to environmental and
resource protection. Full
story
