Supreme People's Court of China

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court of last resort judicial body supreme court

The Supreme People's Court of China is the highest judicial authority in the People's Republic of China, overseeing the administration of justice and interpreting national laws.

Aliases (11)

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court of last resort → judicial body → supreme court →
alsoKnownAs	Zuigao Renmin Fayuan → 最高人民法院 →
appointedBy	National People's Congress →
branchOf	judicial branch of the People's Republic of China →
capitalOfJurisdiction	Beijing →
country	People's Republic of China →
currentPresident	Zhang Jun →
dateOfEstablishment	1949 →
emblem	National Emblem of the People's Republic of China →
foundedBy	People's Republic of China →
function	ensuring uniform application of law → guiding trial work of lower courts → hearing appeals from lower courts → interpreting national laws → issuing judicial interpretations → supervising the administration of justice → trying major cases of first instance assigned by law →
governingIdeology	socialism with Chinese characteristics →
hasAuthorityOver	all lower people's courts in the People's Republic of China →
hasBudget	state budget of the People's Republic of China →
hasCircuitCourt	Fifth Circuit Court in Chongqing → First Circuit Court in Shenzhen → Fourth Circuit Court in Zhengzhou → Second Circuit Court in Shenyang → Seventh Circuit Court in Xianyang → Sixth Circuit Court in Xi'an → Third Circuit Court in Nanjing →
hasDivision	Administrative Division → Case Filing Division → Circuit Courts → Criminal Division → Enforcement Division → First Civil Division → Fourth Civil Division → General Office → Intellectual Property Court → Judicial Committee → Political Department → Research Office → Second Civil Division → Third Civil Division →
headquartersLocation	Beijing → People's Republic of China →
highestCourtIn	People's Republic of China →
interprets	administrative procedure law → civil code of the People's Republic of China → civil procedure law → criminal procedure law → national laws of the People's Republic of China →
jurisdiction	People's Republic of China →
legalBasis	Constitution of the People's Republic of China → Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China →
legalStatus	constitutional organ →
legalSystem	civil law → socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics →
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Beijing → Dongcheng District, Beijing →
nativeName	中华人民共和国最高人民法院 →
numberOfJudges	over 300 →
officialLanguage	Standard Chinese →
oversees	Basic People's Courts → High People's Courts → Intermediate People's Courts → Special People's Courts →
partOf	state organs of the People's Republic of China →
presidentTitle	President of the Supreme People's Court →
publishes	guiding cases → judicial interpretations → judicial policies →
reportsTo	National People's Congress → Standing Committee of the National People's Congress →
responsibleFor	judicial reform in the court system → judicial training and education policies for judges → standardizing trial practices nationwide →
shortName	SPC → Supreme People's Court →
streetAddress	No. 27 Dongjiaominxiang →
subordinateTo	National People's Congress system →
supervises	financial courts → intellectual property courts → maritime courts → military courts →
termLengthOfPresident	five years →
website	http://www.court.gov.cn →

Referenced by (37)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fifth Circuit Court in Chongqing ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") → Fourth Circuit Court in Zhengzhou ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") → Fourth Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court of China ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") → President of the Supreme People's Court ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") → Second Circuit Court in Shenyang ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") → Seventh Circuit Court in Xianyang ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") →	partOf
Supreme People's Court of China ("最高人民法院") → Supreme People's Court of China ("Zuigao Renmin Fayuan") →	alsoKnownAs
Fifth Circuit Court in Chongqing ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") → Fourth Circuit Court in Zhengzhou ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") →	establishedBy
Fourth Civil Division of the Supreme People’s Court of China ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") → Second Circuit Court in Shenyang ("Supreme People’s Court of China") →	parentOrganization
Fourth Circuit Court in Zhengzhou ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") → High People's Courts ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	subordinateTo
Internal and Judicial Affairs Committee of the National People's Congress ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") → National People's Congress ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	supervises
Fourth Circuit Court in Zhengzhou ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") →	appealTo
Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China ("Supreme People's Court") →	appliesTo
No. 27 Dongjiaominxiang →	associatedWith
Supreme People's Procuratorate of China →	distinctFrom
President of the Supreme People's Court ("judiciary of the People's Republic of China") →	domain
Constitution of the People's Republic of China ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	establishes
Seventh Circuit Court in Xianyang ("Supreme People’s Court") →	governingBody
Criminal Division ("judicial branch of the People's Republic of China") →	governmentBranch
President of the Supreme People's Court ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	headOf
Intermediate People's Courts ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	higherCourt
No. 27 Dongjiaominxiang ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	houses
Beijing →	isSeatOf
High People's Courts ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	judicialAuthority
Fourth Circuit Court in Zhengzhou ("Supreme People’s Court of the People’s Republic of China") →	jurisdiction
Supreme People's Court of China ("中华人民共和国最高人民法院") →	nativeName
No. 27 Dongjiaominxiang ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	occupant
President of the Supreme People's Court ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	officeHolderOf
General Office of the Supreme People's Court of China ("最高人民法院办公厅") →	officialName
President of the Supreme People's Court ("judicial branch of the People's Republic of China") →	positionIn
Supreme People's Court of China ("Supreme People's Court") →	shortName
Intermediate People's Courts ("Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China") →	supervisedBy