The Supreme People's Court (SPC) will be carrying out new procedures to implement decisions on cases in China. The move aims to protect human rights and all complainants.
According to Wu Shaojun, deputy director-general of enforcement for the SPC, the decision took effect on June 30.
He said, "We cannot stop litigants from questioning enforcement, but we can reduce the number of complaints by having better rules to follow."
The new procedure will ensure processing of cases to three years and was tested in a case of a flight attendant in a district court in Beijing.
Zhang Yuan, an SPC judge who helped to draw up the guideline, said that the flight attendant was sued for not paying a loan. The flight attendant was ordered to sell his home to pay for the debt.
But when court staff went to his home to evaluate, the flight attendant was not there and found out that the house was being sold for a low price.
"He was outraged by the price. Basically, he just wanted to know whether the evaluation was reasonable, but when he asked the court for more information, the court didn't respond," Zhang said.
The judge added, "Petitions about the implementation of verdicts made up 30 percent of all enforcement-related complaints to the top court last year, making the issue a top concern. Whatever the result is, judicial authorities must settle disputes in the spirit of the rule of law."
In Yunnan Province, a man who got into an accident complained to the SPC about failure claim compensation. Through an investigation, the court found out that the accused was in no capacity to pay.
"According to the guideline, courts can no longer ignore such situations," Zhang said. "They must provide an explanation on what they did to carry out a verdict, and why it was not carried out."