Legal transparency is something that China's courts are working to improve. Sun Ye reports on how a mix of technology and access to information has been key.
From the court room in the heart of the Chinese capital, this law convention is broadcast ONLY to industry insiders. But the 610-thousand court cases online are open to all Chinese citizens and have been viewed more than FOUR billion times by now. Such attempts at transparency have been a crucial part over years of reform in an answer to the people.
ZHOU QIANG PRESIDENT, CHINESE SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT "The peoples' needs are our top priority. Courts across the country have also dealt with cases that people cared the most -- from wage delays, internet privacy infringement, gender-based biases in job recruitments and others. All for the benefits of the people."
SUN YE BEIJING The court has said that its goal is to "let people feel fairness and justice in each and every legal case".
And one of top ten cases to have changed China's judiciary landscape is the overturned conviction of Yu Huan. The young man had stabbed four debt collectors in 2016, in a bid to protect his mother and himself. One of the men had died. Yu was first handed a life sentence for intentional injury, but appealed on the basis of self-defense. The appeals court hearing was broadcast live on Weibo. All the information about the case, including photos and videos, was also available there. The final ruling last June said Yu's self-defense had been excessive. He was given five years in sentence.
It's one of the cases that made justice seen and understood.
XIE CHAOHUA CHINESE PEOPLE'S POLITICAL CONSULTATIVE CONFERENCE MEMBER "The courts in China have been working to make their verdicts and reasons more understandable and accessible to us. I follow the judicial papers that are available online, and I closely watch high-profile cases in the past years. The cold codes are explained to us in reality contexts. And that's one of the many ways where I get the sense of fairness and justice."
All this, for law and order. Sun Ye, CGTN, BJ.