on the morning of february 23, mr. yin yicui, director of the standing committee of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress, deputy directors sha hailinmo fuchun, secretary general chen jing, director of the internaljudicial affairs committee ying xueyun, deputy secretary general yang jiaying, deputy director of legal affairs committee ding wei, director of research office mao fang, director of petition office wu liqunother leaders of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress visited shanghai high people¡¯s court for investigationinspection,had discussions with the members of party leadership group of shanghai high people¡¯s court on a forum hosted by director yin yicui. on the forum, mr. sha hailin, deputy director of the standing committee of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congressdeputy secretary of party leadership group briefed on the legislation, supervisionrepresentation work of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress in 2018.

director cui pointed out in this speech that on the first session of the 15th municipal people¡¯s congress which ended not long ago, the work of shanghai high people¡¯s court was highly praised by the representatives of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress the representatives fully recognized shanghai courts¡¯ work in solving enforcement difficulties, deepening judicial reformjudicial transparency,building ¡°intelligent court¡± the work report of shanghai high people¡¯s court was passed by an overwhelming majority of votersmr. liu xiaoyun was elected as president of shanghai high peoples court by a wide margin. he expressed the hope that in the new year shanghai high people¡¯s court will strengthen cooperation with the standing committee of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress,provide support for the formulationimplementation of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress¡¯s legislation planning by giving full play to its professional knowledgeexperience in lawmaking full use of the thinkingmethods of rule of law, so as to formulate more targeteduseful local laws, meet the requirements of shanghai¡¯s high-quality economic developmentinstitutional supply for delicacy urban management,jointly promote the rule of law in shanghai. courts in shanghai should take the first-mover advantage in judicial reform, stick to problemdemand orientation,facilitate the comprehensiveintegrated reform of judicial system. the standing committee of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress will continue to pay close attention to shanghai courts¡¯ judicial reform, conduct thorough investigations, give feedback on the problemssuggestions received in a timely manner, actively support courts in intensifying reformmake the judicial reform more systematic, integralcooperative. the standing committee of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress will, as always, pay great attention to courts¡¯ work, strengthen communication with courts,put forward advicesuggestions on such issues as guarantee of judges¡¯ rightsinterestsunderstaffing to better supervisesupport courts¡¯ work.

president liu xiaoyun expressed warm welcome to the leaders of shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress led by director yin yicui for their inspectionguidance after the spring festival, as well as sincere thanks for the long-term supervision, supportassistance on courts¡¯ work from shanghai municipal people¡¯s congressits standing committee. president liu reported the basic condition of shanghai courts, analyzed the challenges in the face of courts at the moment,reported the key work of courts across the city in 2018 with focus on carrying out the guidelines from the first session of the 15th shanghai municipal people¡¯s congress, making all-out efforts on law enforcementcase handling, which are the top priorities, giving full play to the role of judicial functions, advancing the comprehensiveintegrated reform of judicial systembuilding a high-quality court team.