Legal issues clarified to support resumption of production amid epidemic control

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) — China has issued a set of new guidelines for judicial and law enforcement institutions on handling legal issues concerning the resumption of production alongside the prevention and control of the COVID-19 epidemic.

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The guidelines stressed coordination between epidemic containment and the resumption of work and production to stabilize social expectations and maintain economic and social order, said Wang Hongxiang, deputy secretary-general of the Commission for Political and Legal Affairs of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, at a press conference Wednesday.

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The guidelines were jointly issued by the commission, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Justice.

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In response to the legal problems encountered during the resumption of work, the guidelines put forward 12 measures and specific requirements focusing on improving laws and policies, promoting procedure-based law enforcement and judicial service, mediating and resolving conflicts and disputes, as well as providing high-quality and efficient legal services.

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Besides clarifying the standards and procedures for law enforcement and judicial services with a problem-oriented approach, the document also prohibits improper or abusive law enforcement, according to Wang.?

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