A judge rehearses for a hearing at the Beijing Internet Court, where all trials are conducted online, on Sept 9, the day the facility opened. JU HUANZONG/XINHUA Since it opened in September, the Beijing Internet Court has accelerated hearing times and improved efficiency. Unlike most of the trials Liu Shuhan handled in the past, which consumed large amounts of time and energy, the judge in Beijing concluded a case in just 40 minutes last month, and the litigants didn't even have to show up in court. The hearing-a dispute over an online shopping contract-was conducted online, so the plaintiff and defendant addressed the court via electronic screens. The innovative trial was held at the Beijing Internet Court, where all the procedures-including case filing, evidence exchange, hearings and delivery of verdicts-are conducted online. Thanks to the new way of conducting hearings, I can handle about 50 cases a month. That's double the number I could hear before, said Liu, who has worked for the court since it opened in September. Solving cases online can save time and expense for litigants (as they do not have to travel to the court), while improving judicial efficiency and transparency. With more than 800 million internet users nationwide, e-commerce disputes and online infringements have clogged China's courts in recent years. In response, the first internet court opened in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang province, in 2017. Last year, Beijing and Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, followed suit. A recent guideline from the Supreme People's Court, the country's top judicial body, stipulated that online courts would be responsible for hearing internet-related disputes, such as those regarding online loans, purchasing contracts and copyright issues, along with cases involving intellectual property rights. In February, the top court issued its judicial reform plan for the next five years. The document stated that the dissemination of verdicts online, which has worked effectively in the internet courts, will be extended to more tribunals to cut delivery times. Gao Zicheng, a lawyer in Beijing, praised the convenience cybercourts bring to litigants, adding that the quicker a dispute is resolved, the better justice can be upheld. However, Ma Yide, a professor who specializes in intellectual property rights at Zhongnan University of Economics and Law in Hubei province, expressed concern, saying the scope of internet courts should not be expanded too quickly. Ma said the use of technology and the internet in litigation should be conducted prudently to prevent judicial data from being hacked and to ensure that online hearings are handled in a seemly manner. 1 inch wide silicone wristbands
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The Guard of Honor of the Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA) take part in a military parade marking the Belarus Independence Day in Minsk, Belarus, July 3, 2018. [Photo/IC] BEIJING -- China will lower its defense budget growth rate to 7.5 percent in 2019, from last year's 8.1 percent, according to a draft budget report submitted to the annual session of the National People's Congress (NPC) Tuesday. The 2019 defense budget will be 1.19 trillion yuan (about $177.61 billion), figures from the report show. The rate marks the fourth straight year for the budgeted growth rate remaining single digit, following five consecutive years of double-digit increases. China's budgeted defense spending growth rate stood at 8.1 percent in 2018, 7 percent in 2017, and 7.6 percent in 2016. The Chinese government has always paid attention to controlling the scale of defense expenditure, said He Lei, former deputy head of the Academy of Military Sciences. Describing China's defense budget increase as reasonable and appropriate, Zhang Yesui, spokesperson for the legislative session, said the rise aimed to meet the country's demand in safeguarding national security and military reform with Chinese characteristics. China's limited defense spending, which is for safeguarding its national sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, poses no threat to any other country, Zhang said at a press conference Monday. The expenditure has been mainly used for advancing defense and military reforms, supporting military training and diverse tasks, modernizing weapons and equipment, and improving welfare of service personnel, according to He, who is also a deputy to the NPC. The defense budget increase is appropriate against the backdrop of profound changes in the country's overall strength, its security environment, and the global strategic situation, He said. China's defense budget takes up a fairly small share of its GDP and national fiscal expenditure compared with other major countries, said He, noting that its military spending per capita and per soldier was also very low. While the national defense spending in a number of major developed countries accounts for more than 2 percent of their GDP, the ratio was only about 1.3 percent for China in 2018. The United States has increased its national defense expenditure for the fiscal year 2019 to 716 billion dollars, about four times the budget of China, the world's second largest economy. China's military spending per capita is only about one-nineteenth of that of the United States. When it comes to whether a country poses a threat to other countries, the key is not that country's national strength and armed forces, but the policies it adopts, said Chen Zhou, research fellow with the Academy of Military Sciences. China has always been following the path of peaceful development and firmly adheres to a defense policy that is defensive in nature, Chen said, noting that China's development would not pose a threat to any other country. He Lei highlighted China's role in providing public security goods for the international community, saying the Chinese military had actively participated in UN peacekeeping missions, maintained security of marine passages, and engaged in international rescue and security cooperation. The growth in China's defense spending is the growth of forces for world peace, he noted.
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