On the morning of October 20, the training course for leading cadres of courts in the recipient regions of pairing assistance to Xizang and Xinjiang started at the Shanghai Branch of the National Judges College. Co-organized by the Supreme People¡¯s Court (SPC) and the National Ethnic Affairs Commission (NEAC), the training course was undertaken by the Shanghai High People¡¯s Court (SHPC). Sun Zhenping, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Political Department of the SPC; Jia Yu, Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and President of the SHPC; Ye Jian, Deputy Director of the Political Department of the SPC; Li Chengyu, Secretary of the Party Committee and President of the National Judges College; and Bian Xudong, Deputy Director-General of the Department of Personnel of the NEAC, attended the opening ceremony. Other participants included Lin Xiaonie, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice President of the SHPC; Wang Liqiu, Member of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Political Department of the SHPC; persons-in-charge of relevant functional divisions of the SPC and SHPC Political Departments; and 100 leading cadres from courts in the recipient regions of pairing assistance to Xizang and Xinjiang.

At the opening ceremony, SHPC President Jia Yu noted that in recent years, under the strong guidance of the SPC, Shanghai courts have solidly delivered all pairing assistance tasks, effectively boosting the shared development of court work in the assisting and recipient regions. Shanghai courts will earnestly implement the Law on Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress, which was promulgated and took effect this year, and continue to place pairing assistance and exchange and collaboration high on the agenda. First, they will further identify optimal points for complementary strengths and jointly advance the overall improvement of the courts¡¯ judicial capacity. Second, they will work harder to study and address common issues and make pairing assistance more targeted. Third, they will further share work experience and outcomes and foster new progress and achievements through exchanges and cooperation.

According to Director Sun Zhenping, this training sees the forging of a strong sense of community for the Chinese nation as the main thread of the Party¡¯s ethnic work and of all work in ethnic regions in the new era, and it strives to integrate Party building with professional work, research with training, and theory with practice. It aims to enhance the political competence, professional competence, and professional ethics of leading cadres of courts in the recipient regions of pairing assistance to Xizang and Xinjiang, thereby fostering a high-caliber judicial trial workforce capable of shouldering the mission of national rejuvenation. First, they should stay loyal politically, firmly uphold the ¡°Two Establishments,¡± and resolutely implement the ¡°Two Upholds.¡± Second, they should fulfill responsibilities and missions, stay committed to the position of justice for the people, and resolutely safeguard judicial impartiality. Third, they should pursue comprehensive and strict governance of the Party and courts with perseverance, have the courage to carry out self-reform, and remain honest and upright forever.