BⅠGeneral Report
B.1 Development of Rule of Law in China: A Review of the Situation in 2012 and a Forecast of the Situation in 2013 —Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institute, CASS / 001
1. Legislative Work Emphasized on Openness and Participation; the
Mechanism of Participation Needs to Be Improved / 002
2. Formalization and Transparency Have Been Reinforced for a Government
Ruled by Law; the Quality of Administration Needs to Be Upgraded / 005
3. Furthering Judicial Reform Focused on Quality; Judicial Accountability
Needs to Be Further Advanced / 010
4. The Criminal Justice System Has Paid Attention to the Institutional
Construction; the Guarantee of Rights Needs to Be Further
Strengthened / 013
5. The Construction of Legal Institutions for a Clean Government Has Been
Strengthened; the Regulation of the Public Power Is of Great Urgency / 015
6. Social Justice Has Been Focused on the People'ss Livelihood and Social
Welfare; the Establishment of a Harmonious Society Is a Strenuous
Task and Has a Long Way to Go / 018
7. The Delineation of Civil and Commercial Laws and Regulations Has
Continued; the Government Needs to Adjust Its Approaches of
Administration / 027
8. International Trade Laws and Regulations Have a Strong Emphasis on
Rules; the Tough Situation Needs to Be Prudently Dealt with / 031
9. Outlook and Forecast: Beautiful China Depends on the Guarantee of
the Rule of Law / 035
BⅡSpecial Reports
B.2 Legislation in China in 2012 Kong Hao / 038
B.3 Analysis of the Crime Situation in China in 2012 and Forecast
for 2013Jin Gaofeng / 050
B.4 The Legal System of Requisition of Real Estate:
Predicament and Solution Xie Hongfei / 062
B.5 Report on the Prevention and Reduction of Disasters in Chinese
Cities: Taking Torrential Rain Emergency Management as an
Example Li Yanjie / 076
B.6 The Current Situation of the Rule of Law for Family
Planning in China Zhan Zhongle, Su Yu / 089
B.7 Regulation of the Securities Sector in China in 2012Liao Fan / 101
B.8 Legal Regulation of the Profit Distribution of
Listed Companies Zhang Hui / 112
B.9 Transformation of the Patent System in China:
From Quantity to Quality Yang Yanchao / 126
B.10 Defects and Improvement of the Marine Environment
Protection System in China: Taking the ConocoPhillips
Oil Spill Accident as an Example Zhang Wenguang / 139
B.11 China'ss Overseas Investment in 2012: Risks
and Countermeasures Huang Jin / 149
BⅢField Work
B.12Annual Report on Government Transparency in China (2012):
From the Perspective of the Disclosure of Information
through Government Websites
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institute, CASS / 164
B.13Annual Report on Judicial Transparency in China (2012):
From the Perspective of the Disclosure of Information
through the Websites of the Courts
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institute, CASS / 215
B.14Annual Report on Procuratorial Transparency in China (2012):
From the Perspective of Disclosure of Information through
the Websites of the Procuratorates
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institute, CASS / 244
B.15Legal Regulation of Profit-Making Activities of the Relatives of
Public Officials
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institute, CASS / 274
B.16Investigation Report on the Implementation of the System of
Government Procurement
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institute, CASS / 294
B.17Research Report on the Revision of China'ss Law of Treaties
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, International Law Institute, CASS / 311
B.18Investigation on the Current Status of the Protection of
Personal Information by Enterprises
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institute, CASS / 326
B.19Supervision by the People'ss Congresses in Guangdong Province: Practice and Innovation
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institute, CASS / 346
B.20 A Grassroot Experiment for Rule of Law: Investigation
Report on the Development of the Rule of Law in Yuhang District of Hangzhou
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institue, CASS / 362
B.21 Investigation Report on Innovative Social Administration in
Ningbo
Research Team on Rule of Law Studies in China, Law Institue, CASS / 375
BⅣRule of Law in Different Regions
B.22Export by Enterprises in Zhejiang Province: Risk Prevention and
Judicial Protection
Research Team of the Higber People's Court of Zhejiang Province / 389
B.23Analysis of the Land Element in Industrialization and Urbanization:
An Investigation on Farmers's Economic Behavior Relating to Land
in Chengdu and Surrounding Areas Pan Yi / 402
B.24Investigation Report on the Pluralistic Dispute Resolution
Mechanism of the People'ss Court of Xicheng District,
Beijing Municipality Yu Shaoxiang, Song Hongyin / 417
Li Lin has been director of the CASS Institute of Law since 2005.
His key works include Toward Constitutional Government Legislation, Building a Law-Governed nation and a Legal System, Human Rights and Constitutional Government, and Reform of the Political Structure and Construction of Legal System.
Description:
The Annual Report on China's Rule of Law No.11(2013), analyzes various hot and key issues of the rule of law in the fields of legislation, government by law, judicial reform, construction of an honest and clean government, criminal law, social law, and civil and commercial law, in China in the year 2012, including housing demolition and relocation, disaster prevention and reduction in cities, regulation of securities business, protection of intellectual property right, and environmental protection.
The Blue Book of Rule of Law (2013) continues to feature a series of investigation reports on the situation of the rule of law in China, including investigation and evaluation, on the basis of the information available at government websites, of disclosure of government information by 59 departments under the State Council, 26 provincial-level governments, and 43 governments of larger cities; investigation and evaluation, on the basis of information available at the websites of people's courts, of the openness of judicial affairs by the higher people's courts of 26 provinces and municipalities and the intermediate people's courts of 43 larger cities; investigation and evaluation, on the basis of information available at the websites of people's procuratorates, of the openness of procuratorial affairs by the people's procuratorates of 26 provinces and municipalities and the people's procuratorates of 43 larger cities; and investigation and analysis of such issues as regulation by law of the profit-making activities of relatives of public officials, government procurement, revision of the Chinese Treaty Law, problems in the protection of personal information by enterprises and countermeasures thereof, and new progresses made by the government of Yuhang District of Hangzhou City in the construction of the rule of law.
In the section on local rule of law, the Blue Book examines the practice and innovations of Guangdong Province in the supervision work of people's congresses, the innovative practice of Ningbo in social management, the trade risks faced by exporting enterprises in Zhejiang province, the land issues in the industrialization and urbanization of Chengdu and the surrounding areas, and explores, through a case study of the People's Court of Xicheng District of Beijing Municipality, practice of Chinese courts relating to the establishment of a pluralistic dispute resolution mechanism.