Xiao Yang Courts Quotations

Chinese courts at various levels strictly followed the principle of meting out penalty to the guilty in accordance with the law, and setting the innocent free in time, and pronounced 2, 162 criminal defendants innocent in year 2005.

The problem of overwhelming caseloads in many courts is in dire need of improvement.

The problem of many cases and few people ... has become especially apparent. The problem of overwhelming caseloads in many courts is in dire need of improvement.

Courts have often been taken as branches of the government and judges viewed as civil servants who have to follow orders from superiors.

The number of complaints against courts and court staff, which was on the rise for years, began to drop for the first time last year.