On the afternoon of June 10, the Shanghai High People¡¯s Court (SHPC) hosted the tenth session of the Shanghai Court Lecture series. Justice (Second Rank) Du Wanhua, former Deputy Director and Secretary-General of the Advisory Committee of the Supreme People¡¯s Court (SPC) and former vice-ministerial-level Standing Member of the SPC Adjudication Committee, delivered a special lecture to court staff across the city under the theme ¡°Implementing the Judicial Reform Tasks Laid Down at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20^th CPC Central Committee, Establishing and Improving Civil and Commercial Judicial Systems and Working Mechanisms Covering Case Filing, Adjudication, Enforcement, and Bankruptcy.¡± Jia Yu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the SHPC, was present at the event. Also in attendance from the SHPC were members of the Party Leadership Group, leading officials, and bureau-level cadres. Court staff across the city participated at the main venue of the SHPC or via video links at the intermediate and grassroots people¡¯s courts as well as the Shanghai Judges Training Center. Invited guests included selected representatives from the Shanghai People¡¯s Procuratorate, the Shanghai Bar Association, and the Shanghai Association of Bankruptcy Administrators, together with faculty and students from Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Justice Du Wanhua, closely centering on the judicial reform tasks laid down at the Fourth Plenary Session of the 20^th CPC Central Committee, systematically elaborated on the historical evolution, functional positioning, practical foundations, and achievements of China¡¯s current working mechanisms for civil and commercial judicial work. He provided a precise analysis of the existing shortcomings in the operation of such mechanisms and specified concrete pathways and practical directions for establishing and improving the bankruptcy protection system and for addressing the weaknesses in the civil and commercial judicial systems and working mechanisms. This lecture provided court staff across the city with theoretical guidance and practical compliance for anchoring the reform objectives, deeply grasping the operational rules of civil and commercial judicial work, improving the quality and efficiency of civil and commercial judicial adjudication, and advancing the modernization of civil and commercial judicial work.

Courts across the city will continue to follow the work guideline of ¡°political building as the guide, judicial quality and efficiency as the foundation, and digital reform as the empowering force.¡± Centering on the work requirements of ¡°solving difficult problems, building distinctive brands, and setting an example,¡± they will take targeted measures to deliver tangible results and strive to usher in a new landscape for court work in Shanghai.