Chief Justice Zhou Qiang and Procurator-General Zhang Jun delivered the work reports of the Supreme People's Court (SPC) and the Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) respectively to the deputies at the third plenary meeting of the second session of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing on Tuesday.

What are the highlights of this year's reports? What progress has been made on China’s rule of law and what obstacles are ahead? Looking through the SPC and SPP work reports over the past two decades, what issues have been stressed the most and what messages have been sent out?