Increasing legal cooperation between mainland, Taiwan
Updated: 2014-06-19 20:09
By Cao Yin (chinadaily.com.cn)
|
|||||||||
The number of cases handled under a cooperation between courts on the Chinese mainland and Taiwan has risen rapidly over the past five years, the Supreme People's Court said on Thursday.
The cooperation started in 2010, after which courts on each side have provided legal aid to the other, according to the top court.
When courts in Taiwan need legal help for such things as confirming a death or finding evidence on the mainland, they can contact the mainland's courts.
By May, 37,423 cases had been handled under the cooperation and the figure is still rising, said Sun Jungong, the top court's spokesman.
In most cases, courts in Taiwan sought help from mainland courts, Sun said, adding that mainland courts delivered judicial documents relating to an average of 6,000 cases to Taiwan each year.
He Zhonglin, director of the top court's office specializing in Taiwan cases, said the number of cases in which Taiwan courts help mainland legal authorities is also rising.
In 2013, mainland courts asked Taiwan courts to send them judicial documents relating to nearly 3,000 cases, He said, adding documents for only 85 cases were requested in 2010.
He believes the cooperation has increased the speed and accuracy of sharing judicial materials between the sides.
He said 67 percent of judicial documents requested from mainland courts were delivered successfully last year, "which was unimaginable five years ago".
- Congresswoman questions US 'pivot' strategy
- Neil Bush: Continuing a father's legacy
- Beijing, Hanoi vow to act on friction
- Coalition to host forum over NYC school admissions bill
- Chinese tycoon offers free lunch, cash to poor in NYC
- NYC business professionals earn a salute
- Chinese football fan at Maracanã Stadium
- High-level exchange
Most Viewed
Editor's Picks
Crackdown on terrorist attacks |
My China Story: Meeting the master |
Tongues tied around tatu-bola |
A market that's not such a hot property |
Tough regime cranks out test winners |
Some lab animals get reprieve from testing |
Today's Top News
'Expansion not in Chinese DNA'
Xi's ROK visit 'a milestone': US envoy
Chinese jeweler buys Hearts On Fire
Chinese stories, Hollywood thrills
Beijing, Hanoi vow to act on friction
Huawei gets insurance help in Europe
Wal-Mart to triple efforts on food safety
US captures Benghazi suspect in raid: Pentagon
US Weekly
Geared to go |
The place to be |