Introduction

The Supreme People’s Court is the highest judicial body in China. It exercises trial rights independently of other government agencies. It is also the highest supervising organ over the trial practices of local people’s courts and special people’s courts at various levels. It reports to the National People’s Congress and the NPC Standing Committee. The National People’s Congress has the right to appoint and remove the president and vice presidents as well as members of the trial committee of the Supreme People’s Court.

Functions and Rights of the Supreme People’s Court (SPC)

  • Conducting trials for the following cases: those the SPC deems under its jurisdiction; appeals of verdicts issued by higher people’s courts and  special people’s courts; appeals against court judgments lodged by the Supreme People’s Procuratorate according to trial supervision procedures

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Leadership:

  • Tao Kaiyuan 陶凯元, Vice President of the Supreme People’s Court and Grand Justice of the Second Rank, Member of the Court’s Judicial Committee
  • Gao Jinghong 高憬宏, Vice President of the Supreme People’s Court,Grand Justice of the Second Rank, Member of the Supreme People’s Court’s Leading Party Group, Member of the Court’s Judicial Committee
  • Zhang Rongshun 张荣顺,Supervisor of the discipline inspection group working at the Supreme People’s Court (SPC) dispatched by the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission, member of the Leading Party Members’ Group of the SPC, Deputy Inspector-General of the second rank
  • He Xiaorong 贺小荣, Vice President of the Supreme People’s Court, Member of the Supreme People’s Court’s Leading Party Group and Grand Justice of the Second Rank, Presiding Justice of the Second Circuit Court of the Supreme People’s Court

Contact Information:

  • Tel: 010-85120527
  • Addr: No.27 Dong Jiao Min Lane, Dong Cheng District, Beijing 100745
  • Official Website: CN EN

Organizational Structure

  • General Office 办公厅
  • Department of Politics 政治部
  • Research Lab 研究室
  • Office of  trial management审判管理办公室
  • Supervision Bureau 监察局
  • Bureau of International Cooperation 国际合作局
  • Bureau of Judicial Administrative Equipment Management 司法行政装备管理局
  • Bureau of Press 新闻局
  • CPC Party Committees 机关党委
  • Bureau of Retired Officials离退休干部局
  • Office of the Compensation Committee 赔偿委员会办公室
  • Bureau of Execution 执行局
  • Case Filing Chamber 立案庭
  • Trial Surveillance Courtyard 审判监督庭
  • Administrative Trial Court 行政审判庭
  • Court of Environmental Resources Trial 环境资源审判庭
  • First Court of Criminal Trial 刑事审判第一庭
  • Second Court of Criminal Trial 刑事审判第二庭
  • Third Court of Criminal Trial  刑事审判第三庭
  • Fourth Court of Criminal Trial  刑事审判第四庭
  • Fifth Court of Criminal Trial 刑事审判第五庭
  • First Court of Civil Trial 民事审判第一庭
  • Second Court of Civil Trial 民事审判第二庭
  • Third Court of Civil Trial (Court of Intellectual Property Trial) 民事审判第三庭(知识产权审判庭)
  • Fourth  Court of Civil Trial 民事审判第四庭
  • First Circuit Court 第一巡回法庭
  • Second Circuit Court 第二巡回法庭
  • Third Circuit Court 第三巡回法庭
  • Fourth Circuit Court 第四巡回法庭
  • Fifth Circuit Court 第五巡回法庭
  • Sixth Circuit Court 第六巡回法庭
  • Court of Intellectual Property 知识产权法庭