New court platform open for online searches

A new online platform for searching civil, criminal and administrative cases was opened to the public on Tuesday, indicating that China's approach to ensuring judicial transparency has become more diverse, an official from the country's top court said.

Established by the Supreme People's Court, the platform has details of 3,177 cases, covering several hot legal issues, including cyberbullying, telecom fraud, food safety, self-defense and domestic violence, Yang Wanming, vice-president of the Supreme People's Court, told a news conference on Tuesday.

The uploaded cases were not only solicited from courts nationwide, but also provided by law firms, universities and even non-legal institutions, such as a middle school, "expanding the types of cases and enriching their sources", he said.