Intermediate People's Courts

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Intermediate People's Courts are mid-level trial courts in China's judicial system that handle serious criminal and civil cases, major economic disputes, and appeals from basic-level courts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf court
judicial organ
people's court
appealTo High People's Courts
canHear cases involving foreign elements within their jurisdiction
cases with significant social impact
major intellectual property cases as designated by higher courts
country China
establishedBy Constitution of the People's Republic of China
Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China
function execution of effective judgments and rulings within their jurisdiction
review of appeals and protests from Basic People's Courts
trial of administrative cases
trial of civil cases
trial of criminal cases
handles administrative cases within their jurisdiction
appeals from Basic People's Courts
first-instance trials of major cases assigned by law
major civil cases
major economic disputes
second-instance trials of cases from Basic People's Courts
serious criminal cases
hasOfficialLanguage Chinese
headedBy president of the Intermediate People's Court
higherCourt High People's Courts
Supreme People's Court of China
surface form: Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China
jurisdictionType hierarchical jurisdiction
subject-matter jurisdiction
territorial jurisdiction
legalSystem socialist legal system with Chinese characteristics
levelInCourtHierarchy intermediate
locatedInJurisdiction China
surface form: People's Republic of China
lowerCourt Basic People's Courts
organizationalStructureIncludes administrative division
Case Filing Division
surface form: case-filing division

civil division
criminal division
enforcement division
judicial committee
trial divisions
partOf judicial system of the People's Republic of China
Organic Law of the People's Courts of the People's Republic of China
surface form: people's court system of the People's Republic of China
staffedBy enforcement officers
judges
judicial clerks
people's assessors
supervisedBy High People's Courts
Supreme People's Court of China
surface form: Supreme People's Court of the People's Republic of China
trialPrinciple collegial panel system for most cases
independent exercise of adjudicative power according to law
public trial in accordance with law

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Supreme People's Court of China oversees Intermediate People's Courts