BEIJING, June 1 (Xinhua) -- A senior Chinese official said Wednesday courts across the country should deepen criminal procedure reform.
Meng Jianzhu, head of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, made the remarks during a work conference in Beijing.
Meng asked courts to improve criminal procedures by enhancing case handling quality and efficiency, as well as credibility.
Terrorism, severe violent crime and crime that endangers national security must be severely punished, said Meng.
He also said courts should focus on trial-centered reform of criminal procedures by exerting the court's role in fact finding, identifying evidence, protecting rights and impartial judgment.
The criminal procedure reform aims to further improve the legal guarantee of human rights, so as to ensure that innocent people are not wrongly convicted and that the guilty receive fair punishment.
