BEIJING, March 31 (Xinhua) -- China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) on Monday launched an online blacklist of about 6 million people and organizations that have failed to fulfill court orders.

    The publication of the names is aimed at pressuring those who refuse to meet their legal obligations and enhance a sound commercial system, according to the official SPC website.

    Jiang Bixin, SPC vice president, said failures to fulfill court orders resulting from civil and commercial cases were rising.

    "Legal enforcement by the courts alone can hardly solve the problem."

    The blacklist comprises about 4.23 million individuals and 1.93 million organizations. The information, including their names, ID numbers and outstanding debts, can be found on the SPC website, www.court.gov.cn.

    "Those refusing to comply with court rulings should face heavier costs in their morality, creditability and property than the costs of an enforcement," said Jiang.

    People failing to complete courts rulings will not get loans, have their businesses registered or be able to leave the country, Jiang said.

    "Such a joint deterrent system in the future will unite all social forces to impose sanctions on the violators, helping establish an effective credibility system," Jiang said.

    The failure of the courts to enforce verdicts on civil cases has been a significant challenge for the country's judicial system, with many litigants possessing limited awareness of legal proceedings and refusing to fulfill their legal obligations, he said.

    The list is a prelude to a systematic improvement of the enforcement of court rulings nationwide. It is also part of a state inquiry system on the enforcement of the courts verdicts, begun in 2007. To date, 5.24 million cases from 3,484 courts nationwide have been registered, with 3.8 million cleared.

    As the global financial crisis expands, it becomes more important to establish a system of credibility to prevent and resolve social and economic crises of all kinds, said Ren Jin, a law professor with National School of Administration.