Group 2 Reporting: China Policing System! China Rank Police Officials! China Police Training!
Group 2 Reporting: China Policing System! China Rank Police Officials! China Police Training!
Group 2 Reporting: China Policing System! China Rank Police Officials! China Police Training!
• THE SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT IS THE HIGHEST COURT IN CHINA. IT HANDLES CASES THAT
AFFECT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THEY ALSO HEAR APPEALS FROM THE HIGHER PEOPLE’S
COURTS. IT INTERPRETS STATUTES BUT THE INTERPRETATIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT'S COMMUNIST PRINCIPALS.
• THE LOWER PEOPLE’S COURTS HAVE HIGHER, INTERMEDIATE, AND BASIC LEVELS. THERE
ARE ALSO SPECIAL PEOPLE’S COURTS WHO DEAL WITH MILITARY, RAILWAY
TRANSPORTATION, MARITIME, AND FORESTRY COURTS.
• CHINA HAS JUST REFORMED ITS TORT LAW TO ALLOW FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN SOME
CASES.
"CHINA'S LEGAL SYSTEM IS BASED ON A CIVIL LAW SYSTEM; DERIVED FROM SOVIET AND
CONTINENTAL CIVIL CODE LEGAL PRINCIPLES.“
• THE SUPREME PEOPLE'S COURT IS THE HIGHEST COURT IN CHINA. IT HANDLES CASES THAT
AFFECT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. THEY ALSO HEAR APPEALS FROM THE HIGHER PEOPLE’S
COURTS. IT INTERPRETS STATUTES BUT THE INTERPRETATIONS MUST BE CONSISTENT WITH THE
GOVERNMENT'S COMMUNIST PRINCIPALS.
• THE LOWER PEOPLE’S COURTS HAVE HIGHER, INTERMEDIATE, AND BASIC LEVELS. THERE
ARE ALSO SPECIAL PEOPLE’S COURTS WHO DEAL WITH MILITARY, RAILWAY
TRANSPORTATION, MARITIME, AND FORESTRY COURTS.
• CHINA HAS JUST REFORMED ITS TORT LAW TO ALLOW FOR PUNITIVE DAMAGES IN SOME
CASES.
• THE TRIAL PROCESS IS AN INQUISITORIAL ONE. A PROCURATOR INITIATES
THE INVESTIGATION. A PANEL OF JUDGES AND LAYPEOPLE DECIDE THE
CASE. THEY ALSO ASSIST IN THE INQUISITORIAL PROCESS. THERE IS NO
PRESUMPTION OF INNOCENCE AND NO RIGHT TO SILENCE IN CHINA.
• THE CRIMINAL LAW PROVIDES THAT PRINCIPAL PUNISHMENTS ARE
CLASSIFIED AS CONTROL, CRIMINAL DETENTION, FIXED TERM
IMPRISONMENT, LIFE IMPRISONMENT AND DEATH PENALTY.
• CONTROL IS WHAT THEY CALL PUNISHMENTS FOR MINOR OFFENCES. IT IS SIMILAR TO
OUR PROBATION SYSTEM; THEY OFFENDERS ARE MONITORED IN THEIR DAILY LIVES.
CRIMINAL DETENTION IS USED FOR RELATIVELY MINOR OFFENSES ON TERM OF SIX
MONTHS TO FIFTEEN YEARS. THE OFFENDER IS IMPRISONED LOCALLY AND MAY GO
HOME FOR A COUPLE OF DAYS A WEEK AND HOLD A JOB. A FIXED TERM FOR
IMPRISONMENT WHICH WOULD INCLUDE LIFE IMPRISONMENT IS SENT TO A LABOR
PRISON FOR “REFORM.” CHINA ALSO USES THE DEATH PENALTY. CHINA EXECUTES
MORE PEOPLE THAN ANY OTHER COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.
SENIOR OFFICERS:
• POLICE COMMISSIONER
• DEPUTY POLICE COMMISSIONER