The Supreme Law promulgated new regulations, and the trial process information was made public online.

　　Beijing, 20 Mar (Reporter Xu Juan) Recently, the Supreme People’s Court issued the "Provisions of the Supreme People’s Court on People’s Courts’ Opening Trial Process Information through the Internet" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). The Regulations shall come into force on September 1, 2018. After the implementation, the people’s courts at all levels in the country will disclose the trial process information through a unified platform in accordance with unified standards.

　　The full text of the Provisions consists of 17 articles, which make clear and specific provisions on the basic principles of trial process information disclosure, the positioning of the trial process information disclosure platform, the collection and verification of the identity information of litigation participants, the disclosure rules under special circumstances, the scope of trial process information disclosure through the Internet, the rules and effectiveness of electronic delivery based on the trial process information disclosure platform, the correction and withdrawal of published trial process information, and the supervision mechanism of trial process information disclosure.

　　According to the Regulations, in addition to the trial process information involving state secrets and which should be kept confidential or restricted by laws and judicial interpretations, the procedural information, process information for handling litigation matters, litigation documents and transcripts generated during the trial of criminal, civil, administrative and state compensation cases by the people’s courts should be disclosed to the parties involved in litigation and their legal representatives, litigation agents and defenders through the Internet.

　　According to reports, the disclosure of trial process information is an important measure for the people’s courts to conscientiously implement the central government’s arrangements for deepening judicial disclosure and further strictly perform the public trial duties stipulated by the Constitution and laws, and is an important part of the comprehensive reform of the judicial system. Through the omni-directional, multi-channel trial process information disclosure covering the whole process and all links of trial activities, the parties’ right to know, participate and supervise will be met to the maximum extent, and the parties will do everything possible to inquire about the case and inform the court actively, so as to make the people feel fair and just in every judicial case.

　　The "Regulations" also clarified the China trial process information disclosure network as "a unified platform for people’s courts to disclose trial process information". It is reported that in the second half of 2016, the Supreme People’s Court launched a comprehensive upgrade and transformation of the trial process information disclosure network in China. After the upgrade, the website has become a centralized gathering and unified publishing platform for the trial process information of national courts, providing "one-stop" public service for the parties involved in the trial of cases in national courts, and is the main channel for the public trial process information of national courts. In late February 2018, the first batch of third-level courts in pilot areas (Hebei, Jiangsu, Qinghai and Ningxia) began to disclose the trial process information of newly received cases to the parties and their legal representatives, litigation agents and defenders through a unified platform, 12368 SMS, WeChat service number and small programs.